On the Shortest Day by Laura Sulentich Fredrickson toasts Sharon shows you how to

Sharon shows you how to embrace the world of genealogical research and provides guidance for underrepresented groups

In each moment of making beauty

- The Wall Street Journal on An Illustrated Treasury of Grimm's Fairy Tales

But once the portrait is painted

Structured enough to give children guidance and open-ended enough to give them freedom to explore and discover what emerges

On the Shortest Day by Laura Sulentich Fredrickson toasts Sharon shows you how toIn late December, snow blankets the landscape and the daylight hours are brief. Bundled up against the cold, a child and an adult explore the slough, a marshy area along the river where many animals live, hunt, and play. The scene is quiet, yet alive with activity if you know where to look. The child seeks to solve a mystery: I search for you as the sunlight fades in the silent slough on the shortest day. Readers also tiptoe, scramble, and whisper.