Atop the rippling waves--
the breeze ruffling his fluff--
Loon Baby waits, alone,
and wonders:
Will his mother ever come back?With sensitivity and a spare prose, first-time author Molly Beth Griffin navigates the quiet panic that Loon Baby experiences in the absence of Mama. Anne Hunter's soft cross-hatched and watercolor paintings shape a serene lake-scape with varied scenes that amplify and illuminate the emotion this book captures.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company .

Anne Hunter lives with her family in rural Vermont, where she can hear the crickets, who sing with the frogs, who listen to the distant hoot of an owl. She has written and illustrated many books, including Possum's Harvest Moon . Visit her website at www. annehunterstudio. com. Molly Beth Griffin is a graduate of Hamline University's MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults, and a writing teacher at the Loft Literary Center in the Twin Cities. Her first picture book, Loon Baby, came out with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2011. Silhouette of a Sparrow is her first novel.