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I never thought I would write a children's book.  But that all changed on an Autumn day in September, 2012.    Autumn is my favorite season. The color of the leaves, the crunching under my feet, and the smells of autumn are all so important to me. One September day I was walking with my dog, and words popped into my head.  As soon as I entered the house I wrote them down on paper.  I didn't have time to boot up the computer, and I did not want to forget them.  Can you feel it? I can. Can you smell it? I can. It's like no other time.   Nothing else makes its presence know quite like this does. I continued  to describe the feelings of fall and then I described garden and the foods of the season. When I was finished with Autumn I felt the need to continue.  With the same cadence as Autumn I wrote Winter, and it was natural that Spring and Summer would follow.   My book was complete, but it needed pictures for toddlers. I found Shaun Cr...