Rosenthal was known for the children’s books!,Duck!
Rabbit!, andI Wish You Moreand her memoirs,Encyclopedia of an Extraordinary LifeandTextbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal.
“I want more time with Jason.
Credit: Brooke Hummer Photography
I want more time with my children.
I want more time sipping martinis at the Green Mill Jazz Club on Thursday nights.
But that is not going to happen.
I probably have only a few days left being a person on this planet.
So why I am doing this?”
Rosenthal wrote in the piece, titled “You May Want to Marry My Husband.”
“Everything Amy did was life and love affirming.
“Amy loved her family.
She loved words, ideas, connections.
She taught us that life’s seemingly small moments are not really small at all.
She leaves behind a legacy of love and beauty and kindness.”
TheUni the Unicornauthor was also a contributor to NPR, Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls, andOprahMagazine.
“No one wrote like Amy,” tweeted Green upon hearing the news.
“No one saw the world the way she did.”
Green and other members of the literary community remember Rosenthal, below.
