Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day," celebrating the winter solstice, is also a children's book illustrated by Carson Ellis. They collaborated by mail.

Illustrator calls winter solstice book for children ‘joy to work on ... Oct. 20, at 1 p.m. at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst. By . Anne-Gerard Flynn ...

8 Children’s Books to Celebrate Winter. By Dolisha Mitchell. Dec 8, 2020. ... or winter solstice, they place lights in winter trees and build campfires to light up the sky until the sun rises again.

Susan Cooper's children's book The Shortest Day, released in 2019, is a celebration of light returning after the winter solstice. The text of the book is actually a poem she wrote in the 1970s for ...

Susan Cooper’s children’s book The Shortest Day, released in 2019, is a celebration of light returning after the winter solstice. The text of the book is actually a poem she wrote in the 1970s ...