Dozy Poems, Cozy Days: Poems to Calm the Active Child

by Raven Howell, Maris Howell (Illustrator)

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, 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.

This book is appropriate for those in the autism, ADD and ADHD communities.

36 pages, Paperback

First published September 17, 2014

About the author

Raven is an award winning author and poet of several picture books. She also writes for magazines such as Highlights for Children, Ladybug, Cricket, and Hello. Raven is an author and Poetry Director with Story Monsters Press and writes a monthly kid lit column, THE BOOK BUG, for Story Monsters Ink magazine. Raven is a contributing author for Reading is Fundamental (SOCAL).

Her work is published in anthologies, in DVD and CD format, in educational material, and home schooling programs. Raven has won several awards including Excellence in Children's Literature, A Golden Box Books, NABE's Pinnacle, SCBWI Magazine Merit, and Mom's Choice Award. She remains active with charity work, and presenting children's workshops for elementary classes and in libraries. Raven is a member of the SCBWI and ILA and serves as Creative and Publishing Advisor for RedClover Reader.

Strolling the beach, music, reading, spring flowers, a warm wood stove, and straight-out-of-the-oven butterscotch chocolate chip cookies inspire many of her poems and stories.

Reviews

[Rhonda Whitaker · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a collection of sweet and charming poems. Reading it will put a smile on your face!

[Raven Howell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I hope you enjoy this book of gentle poetry for calming active children, including those with autism, ADD and ADHD, all good causes to support. Here's to poetry and lit for all kids!

[Diana Stellitano · Rating 5 out of 5]

I fell in love with the Poem's in this book, as I was reading poem's one night and the illustration is so fresh and so calming.
it a must have, for any children's book collection.

Diana