when the world is puddle-wonderful

Vivid, joyful poetry and bright, whimsical artwork combine in a delightful picture book collection of E. E. Cummings’s verse that tracks the seasons of the year.

Welcome to a marvelous almanac of E. E. Cummings’s poetry, from the showers, puddles, and birdsong of spring to the beaches and sun of summer, Halloween, November sunsets, snowfalls, and little silent Christmas trees. Now published as the first-ever picture book collection of Cummings’s poems and imagined for contemporary readers with beloved artist Blanca Gómez’s sprightly and charming illustrations, when the world is puddle-wonderful bursts with joy and wonder at the world around us.