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Raven Howell

Goodreads Author

Born

in Camden, NJ, The United States

Website

http://www.ravenhowell.com

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Children's, Poetry, Fiction

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Raven is an award winning author and poet of picture books. She's a journalist for Story Monsters Ink magazine and Voice. She writes for children's magazines such as Highlights for Children, Ladybug, Cricket, and Hello. Raven is the Creative & Publishing Advisor for RedClover Reader, and writes educational storybooks for various children's publishers. She's a contributing author for Reading is Fundamental (SOCAL) and I Am A Promise Books.

Her work is published in anthologies, in DVD and CD format, in both public and home schooling programs. Raven has won several awards including Excellence in Children's Literature, A Golden Box Books, NABE's Pinnacle, SCBWI Magazine Merit, and Global Impact Award. She remains active with charity work, and pr ...more

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Average rating: 4.52 · 638 ratings · 415 reviews · 38 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Colorful Beginning by Raven Howell (Goodreads Author), Carina Povarchik (Illustrator) 4.34 avg rating — 117 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Santa's Slip Up by Raven Howell (Goodreads Author), Savannah Horton (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 41 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Community by Raven Howell (Goodreads Author), Yeng Yang (Illustrator) 4.48 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	So You Want a Puppy? 4.82 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jack and the Lean Stalk 4.62 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 20 Little Poems for 20 Little Gnomes by Raven Howell (Goodreads Author), Raven Howell (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 32 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blink and Glow by Raven Howell (Goodreads Author), Ann Pilicer (illustrator) 4.78 avg rating — 27 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glimmer, Sing of Sun! by Raven Howell (Goodreads Author), Carina Povarchik (Illustrator) 4.78 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seasons by Raven Howell (Goodreads Author), Ann Pilicer (Illustrator) 4.86 avg rating — 22 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shimmer: Songs of Night by Raven Howell (Goodreads Author), Carina Povarchik (Illustrator) 4.48 avg rating — 23 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Christmas in July!

The sun is hot, the air is humid, and we have had unprecedented flash flooding this summer. Who WOULDN'T want to celebrate in a little fun, peppermint-y Christmas spirit?

My book, Santa's Slip Up, has a holiday mix-up theme incorporating Halloween's spookiness, the surprising arrival of Santa and good humor. For obvious reasons, I assumed my publisher would be releasing the book on the Halloween or Read more of this blog post »

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Raven Howell rated a book it was amazing The Snowman Code by Simon Stephenson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is an incredibly endearing story about a 600-year-old snowman, Albert, and young girl who form a loving friendship during the "longest winter ever". A sweet read for those who love magic! ...more
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Raven Howell rated a book it was amazing A Map of Secret Rivers: How to navigate timelines by Pippa Oona (M.Div) (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Very clearly written book about a subject that is very tricky to "describe" or explain because of the human perspective that sometimes has a hard time budging into the unknown. I hope fellow readers will understand and connect with it experientially ...more
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Raven Howell and 2 other people liked Sheri Poe-Pape's review of Crow's Christmas Star: "Crow's Christmas Star main objective is to help get a star for the animals in the forest Christmas tree. All the animals help too, with such things as popcorn to adorn the top of the tree, but Crow is set on a beautiful star. A sweet story with lovel" Read more of this review »
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Raven Howell rated a book it was amazing The Dragon Awakens (Brume, #1) by Jérôme Pélissier	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
What an imaginative and enchanting, adventurous story for kids about the power of believing in oneself! I'm interviewing author Jerome Pelissier and excited to hear more about the original release of this book a few years back in French. The art styl ...more
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Raven Howell and 4 other people liked Literary Redhead's review of Alice with a Why: "A lovely return to Wonderland, this time with Alice's grandaughter Alyce. Beautifully written with charm and delight! "
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“I write lots of poetry on a regular basis. In fact, it’s something that I rarely think about consciously, it’s just something I do. Actually I may even say, it’s not something I do so much as what happens. Poetry chooses me!”
― Raven Howell

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