Watch crystal raindrops dance down the windowpane, doze in a hammock on a warm June afternoon, and join in a butterfly ballet. Raven Howell's charming collection invokes a cozy, safe space for young children both night and day throughout the seasons, snuggly easing one in a lullaby-like melody.
Maris Howell's soothing watercolors are perfectly in synch with the peaceful mood and whimsical imagery of this poetry, causing the reader to reach for this book time and again.
Raven Howell's poems appear in many children's magazines, including Cricket, Ladybug, Highlights for Children, Jack and Jill, and Boy's Quest, as well as in several book anthologies and on DVD's. She is a three-time recipient of the Letter of Merit Magazine award for poetry from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
She lives in Cold Spring, New York with her husband, sons, and Silky Terrier, Elsie.
Maris Howell enjoys studying, shooting hoops, swinging a Lacrosse stick, and water in all forms - ocean, pool, rain, and watercolor. This is his first collaboration with his mother.