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.

Cool air And lots of water May be Enough to make him Laugh and sing! This fun and modern twist on an old poetry form, acrostics, will make you laugh and smile from page one! Here you can plunge into mud with a pig, enjoy Christmas with a fox, and talk sense to a silly worm. With a delightful splash of colorful collage on each page, every animal is captured in a lyrical vision highlighting the uncommon in the seeming common, quietly awaiting your discovery. This poetry collection can’t help but trigger any young reader, teen or adult imagination!

Goodbye, winter...Hello, spring!Join two colorful characters on a poetic romp through the seasons! Celebrate the beautiful changes in nature throughout the year by joyfully meeting and greetings birds, beaches, colorful leaf piles, and snow as cool as peppermint for a full circle of the seasons.Winter, spring, summer, and fall! Reading this book is fun for all!

Presents a collection of poems, old and new, describing playful activities, the sea, animals, the seasons, and bedtime.

A collection of poems for children about the universe around them.

A collection of rhymes shares sweet, silly, touching poems about the bedtime shenanigans of smelly baby skunks or electric-guitar-playing hamsters with sleepy listeners.

A poet writer and muscian, living in Sheffield /Nottingham UK. i love to write, and everything I write comes from the heart. i feel compelled to do so, and express myself. My aim to through my writing bring some pleasure, and perhaps write poems people can relate to. How hope you enjoy my book, as much as I did writing it. Happy reading thank you.