"Cried the Raven" came into being through a love of classic poetry and has been quite joyously received by its audiences! Children have enjoyed being mildly worried followed by entertained by the antics of a late night guest to the campsite.
Awards programs are loving it as well. With Honourable Mentions in the Poetry and Middle Grade categories of the 2025 Purple Dragonfly Awards, it also performed well at the NYC Big Book Awards in New York City becoming a Distinguished Favourite in the Children's Humour category! We are so proud of where this bird has flown and hope you will enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed creating it!
Drawing only on the rhyming structure of the original by Edgar Allen Poe, this poem mimics the classic in style but not tone. While the original was full of anxiety and darkness, this is filled with some trepidation as strange noises are heard outside the tent, and then the reader is filled with giggles and lots of warm and gooey s'mores! Come see what lurks beyond the firelight!
Awards programs are loving it as well. With Honourable Mentions in the Poetry and Middle Grade categories of the 2025 Purple Dragonfly Awards, it also performed well at the NYC Big Book Awards in New York City becoming a Distinguished Favourite in the Children's Humour category! We are so proud of where this bird has flown and hope you will enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed creating it!
Drawing only on the rhyming structure of the original by Edgar Allen Poe, this poem mimics the classic in style but not tone. While the original was full of anxiety and darkness, this is filled with some trepidation as strange noises are heard outside the tent, and then the reader is filled with giggles and lots of warm and gooey s'mores! Come see what lurks beyond the firelight!
