Born in England in 1942, Jan Andrews was the author of numerous books, including The Auction; Very Last First Time; Winter of Peril; The Silent Summer of Kyle McGinley; Keri, which was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award; and When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew, which won the Silver Birch Express Award. Jan was the first president of Storytellers of Canada-Conteurs du Canada (SC-CC), founded the organization’s StorySave project and received its Story Keeper Award. An acclaimed storyteller and author, in 2016 she was appointed to the Order of Canada for her contributions to Canadian culture as a children’s writer and a pioneer of Canada’s storytelling movement. She died in 2017.

Tara Bryan was a painter and book artist who designed and printed brilliant books for more than 30 years. She learned letterpress printing and bookbinding at UW-Madison, and continued taking workshops at the Center for Book Arts in NY. After moving to Newfoundland in 1992, she shared her enthusiasm and knowledge, teaching workshops and hiring assistants to work and learn in her studio. Tara created the illustrations for both helpings of Three Servings, and the drawings for Jan Andrews' To See the Stars. She provided both the illustrations and design for Notes (toward a poem about play). She also offered advice on almost every one of the Goat’s letterpress projects, most notably A is for Accordion, and for a time served on the press's voluntary board of friendly advisors. Tara passed away at the end of September 2020, just shy of her 67th birthday. She left behind her a remarkable body of work, as well as a host of printers and artists whom she mentored and encouraged.

"This powerful evocation of a horrific time in women's history is seering, yet shot with hope. Modern readers will be inspired by Edie's courage and resilience." -- Kit Pearson, author of The Sky is Falling, and Be My Love

"To See the Stars is destined to become a Canadian classic. Jan Andrews has written yet another moving story that is at once intimate and grand. It is a book that will find a home in the nooks and crannies of the reader's mind. Jan's work is a never-ending gift to the rest of us." -- Deborah Ellis, author of The Breadwinner and Looking for X

"You'll cheer for Edie on every page as she scrambles on the hard roads from her fishing village in Newfoundland to the notorious sweat-soaked shirtwaist factories in New York's lower east. We dive her first into different worlds and much different times watching Edie find her feet and her voice. It's a beautiful journey." -- Teresa Toten, author of The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B and Beware That Girl

"Jan Andrews' To See the Stars powerfully evokes the voice of Edie Murphy, a young girl from a Newfoundland outport whose journey brings her from her isolated fishing village to the bustling streets and factories of New York City. The world fo the early 20th century - in New York, in St. John's, and in the tiny village of Atterley - is beautifully depicted, and Edie emerges as a resilient and engaging heroine." -- Trudy Morgan-Cole, author of By the Rivers of Brooklyn and Most Anything You Please

To See the Stars is at once tough and tender and utterly unforgettable." -- Jeffry Canton, The Globe and Mail

"Those who appreciate character-driven stories will enjoy the feeling of watching history in action." -- Kirkus Reviews

"To See the Stars celebrates strength in the face of adversity with a character that readers will applaud." -- Karen Krossing, Canadian Children's Book News

"Thoughtful, eloquently told and intensely moving, this is a book to be savoured." -- Lisa Doucet, Atlantic Books Today