Sherri Maret is a former English teacher/library media specialist. Lela and the Butterflies with co-author Tim Maret was released in 2020 and shares their love for butterflies and butterfly conservation. Her book, The Cloud Artist: A Choctaw Tale, published by The RoadRunner Press was a finalist for First Nation Communities Read Award, Oklahoma Book Award, and Writers' League of Texas Book Award. The Book of Untold Stories: Fourteen Prompts To Spark the Imagination and The Magician are her other titles. Educational activities for all of her books are found at SherriMaret.com Thomas Hilley is an illustrator living in Oklahoma. He earned a BFA in Graphic Design with an Illustration emphasis from Oklahoma State University. He has illustrated several children's books as well as instructional and promotional materials. Thomas crafted a style that uses scratchboard and draws inspiration from old woodcut prints. He has recently shifted to working digitally in a style that captures the same spirit of his traditional work while also opening up many new possibilities.

Twelve Days of Winter: A Wildlife Celebration is the perfect book for a smooth transition from holiday madness to a peaceful new year. Kids will recognize the familiar tune from their December caroling but apply the new lyrics describing various woodland creatures with ease. Otters, foxes, beavers, and more delight in the winter wonderland on every page. Enjoy this new winter classic! -Mary Nguyen (Elementary Librarian/Kidlit Reviewer)

In art, my kinders and I read Twelve Days of Winter: A Wildlife Celebration by Sherri Maret and illustrated by Thomas Hilley. The kids loved this book! It was so much fun to listen to them recite the story with me. I personally LOVED the illustrations! -Joel Scholten (Reading Specialist/Art Teacher Omaha, Nebraska

Twelve Days of Winter is based on the traditional Twelve Days of Christmas, but presents a picture book story in which winter wildlife is featured as snow comes. As each animal reacts differently to a new day of winter, the evolving story features a fine display of animals who find different ways to cope with and celebrate the season. Thomas Hilley's engaging animal illustrations will delight young picture book animal enthusiasts. -Midwest Book Review (November 2022) The Picturebook Shelf

Publisher: Muddy Boots

Pub date: 2022-09-15

Length: 32 pages