When Elizabeth Berrien tried to create what she saw in her mind's eye, her hands wouldn't cooperate...until her art teacher introduced her to wire.

Publishers Weekly Review

A Goodreads Review of The Wire Zoo:

"I didn’t know what to expect from this book as I was unfamiliar with the artist as well as the art form. I was very pleasantly surprised by what I found with the pages of the book. There are several thoughts that come to mind pertaining to this story. The frustration that children can feel when they are pushed into something that they don’t feel comfortable with. This was truly evident in the portrait she made. Before giving up, an instructor wanted her to investigate options with an array of mediums. Giving her options as a release for her internal concepts was very liberating and she found that wonderful wire medium that she is renowned for to this day. It took more trial and error from several standpoints to get her wire sculpting to a place of sheer satisfaction!! Her work continued and became more intricate and really to that pinnacle of ultimately fulfilling and thus why she is called the Godmother of Wire. Finally it shows some very valuable life lessons. Creativity comes in many forms. There is a lot of hard work that goes into time spent perfecting an art form. Finally don’t turn away from something you really believe in. This was a very well told story about a famous sculptor."