Anna Grossnickle Hines

Last Halloween was a scary experience because of walking pumpkins, haunting ghosts, flying witches, and other disturbing sights, but this Halloween will be different.

Rich, luminous fabrics. Eleven miles of thread. An uncountable number of stitches. Clear, sparkling words. With these ingredients Anna Grossnickle Hines celebrates the lights that brighten the darkest season of our year. In poems and quilts she captures each heartening glow and flicker, from the moon and aurora borealis to the holiday lights of Santa Lucia, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Chinese New Year to one lone candle and a hidden flashlight...

Sudden rain almost spoils a wonderful picnic that Buddy and his mother have prepared.

Sam's older brother Mike keeps fooling him, but Sam thinks of a way to turn the tables.

William does not join the other children in playing games on the playground because he is waiting for his turn to ring the bell at the end of recess.

A child proudly shows off her very own brand new big bed while also telling herself that she can deal with fears about sleeping in it for the first time.

William does not join the other children in playing games on the playground because he is waiting for his turn to ring the bell at the end of recess.

One night, for the first time, Josie has to cross the dark bedroom to go to the bathroom all by herself.

The sunshine provides opportunities to feel its glow, make a shadow, and spray a rainbow.

A young girl asks about all the wild creatures that can be found in her older friend's garden, from rabbits and woodchucks to butterflies and bees--and one very exuberant child.