Lucilla and the Snarly Skein Wangerin Collection and a goat with a

and a goat with a head as hard as stone—will never give up searching for her

On the eve of Maggie Raines' fiftieth birthday

and Seamus Heaney

which The New York Times Book Review described as “a straightforward search for a life connected to the soil

This gorgeously illustrated volume of poetry — sprinkled with facts and fun things to do — sows an early love for nature in all its beauty and wonder

Lucilla and the Snarly Skein Wangerin Collection and a goat with aLucilla is good at untying knots of yarn. She has tiny fingers, a curious mind, and fierce determination. When Lucilla encounters an enormous knot of yarn (the snarly skein), she soon finds herself tangled and tied up. Some curious friends work to rescue herseven white doves, twelve mice in fancy clothes, and a silky stream. But Lucilla remains trapped until the Night Rabbit arrives and leads her through the mysterious forest to Inklingthe Woodland