When I was a little girl I used to borrow this picture book from the library at least seven times a year. I would always stare the longest at the picture of the twelve sisters in the forest of the leaves of silver and gold.
Artwork by Kinoku Y. Craft

She paints stars in the lonely sky.
Artwork by Barbara Konczarek

You have only just been made
In the starry meadows.
Is your little heart afraid
Of the storms and shadows?
Artwork by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite