Bette Westera

As a child approaches the diving board at a pool, she dreams about all the amazing things she might do when she is older.

Poetry and the beauty of nature combine for this breathtaking celebration of the year. In this stunning combination of wordcraft and woodcuts, readers meet the changing seasons with thirteen poems, all in different poetic structures, from award-winning Dutch author Bette Westera. Each season opens with a haiku, following with the season's months and their poems. Readers will dance into March with a rondel for a newborn lamb, wave in the August wind...