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Winner of the SCBWI Crystal Kite Honor Award – Southeast Division

A 2025 Baker’s Dozen Award Winner

A 2025 Keystone to Reading Preschool List Nominee

California Reading Association Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award – Committee Pick

“A cozy, lushly illustrated introduction to opposites and wildlife.” – Kirkus Reviews

“This offering is a step (or three!) up from typical opposite books and a welcome foray into the natural world.” – Booklist

“A lively look at opposites that is a useful teaching tool and an examination of the many animals in a busy forest. A recommended purchase.” – School Library Journal

Whoosh! Crash! Thunk! Follow along as the LOUD sounds of a falling tree signal the transformation of a QUIET area of the forest into a flourishing center of activity.

This lyrical nonfiction story uses word opposites such as small and large, dark and light, high and low, and fast and slow to introduce young readers to the natural recycling of fallen timber into log bridges. From bears, porcupines and raccoons to eagles, mice and deer, a host of forest animals repurpose a fallen tree, connecting two sides of a stream together throughout the seasons.

A carefully-chosen color palette of soothing natural colors and a charming collection of characters bring the playful prose to life in what is certain to become a storytime or bedtime favorite and a go-to book for early elementary science and language arts teachers.

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“An entertaining, fright-filled geographical tour.” – Kirkus Reviews

I am thrilled that my short, ghost story – White Thing – is the Alabama story in this spine-tingling anthology.

HAUNTED STATES OF AMERICA is a collection of fifty-two short stories, one for each of the fifty states plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. Nationally known or relatively unheard of, based in fact or based entirely in local lore, these stories capture the spooky side of the U.S. All story authors were chosen from the SCBWI membership. Published by Godwin Books/Henry Holt, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing.

Published by Godwin Books/Henry Holt, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing.

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