Mom's Choice Award-winning children's picture book
Max Said Yes! The Woodstock Story
By Abigail Yasgur & Joseph Lipner Illustrated by Barbara Mendes
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Max Said Yes! The Woodstock Story is a children's picture book that delightfully relates the tale of how 3 days of peace and music came to be at a dairy farm in Bethel NY in August 1969. This 32 page hardcover book is meant to be read aloud to children (3 - 8 yrs.) and has lush, colorful illustrations that bring the story to life.
Told in rhyme with lushly painted illustrations by popular Los Angeles artist Barbara Mendes, this book strongly evokes the spirit of the Woodstock era and won the Mom's Choice Award after release.
Abigail Yasgur, and her husband Joseph Lipner, authors of Max Said Yes!
About Abigail & Joseph
You may notice that Abigail Yasgur, one of the authors of Max Said Yes! shares the last name of Max Yasgur, the main character of the story. You are not mistaken!
Abigail is a librarian and artist and her husband Joseph Lipner is a judge. They wrote this book as a tribute to Max, Abigail’s cousin and the hero of the story. They met in Boston, now live in Los Angeles, and have three groovy children, Emma, Max, and Rose, and two dogs Charlie and RB (Ginsburg).
Barbara Mendes, the Illustrator of Max Said Yes! Painting the vintage mural "Angel Wall" in Los Angeles
About Barbara
Barbara Mendes studied art throughout her youth in NYC; then published stories and covers in Underground Comix under the name "Willy Mendes". She developed her style of brilliantly-colored narrative paintings, epic in detail and scale, and has exhibited them in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Tel Aviv, and has Biblical murals permanently displayed in Jerusalem and Florida.
Barbara is now named a "Los Angeles Cultural Treasure", and her Los Angeles studio/gallery is open to the public. More can be seen at www.BarbaraMendes.org.
Barbara Mendes, the Illustrator of Max Said Yes! Painting the vintage mural "Angel Wall" in Los Angeles
Praise for Max Said Yes!
"My six year old grandson is going to love this!" - Joyce Mitchell, Assistant to Michael Lang, producer of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival
"This book is so sweet and to the point. Max was something else!" - Lenore Blumer, Organizer for the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival
"This book lets the light of Woodstock shine on to a new generation. Every home should have a copy of Max Said Yes! The Woodstock Story." - Richie Havens, folk singer, guitarist, performed at Woodstock 1969
"A good way to introduce little children to the most positive cultural event of the century - the 1969 Woodstock Festival." - Elliott Landy, Official Woodstock Festival Photographer
"It's a rhyming good time!" - Wavy Gravy, Chief of the Woodstock Festival "Please Force" and member of the Hog Farm Collective
"After so much time, a little rhyme, an allegory that tells the story, to future generations. Terrific." - Michael Lang, Producer of Woodstock 1969
