Poetry that works is like the beat of mother’s heart, building a foundation of love, purpose, and meaning that connects us together. This collection of rhyming work, works on several levels and the poems have layers that will entertain the young and old alike. The Calencia Mini-Series offers a tale of exploration and discovery as you journey to an island in the Calencian Sea, where kindness, is the answer, creating what might be. Told in a direct, lively way, the words are descriptively transformative with bridges of understanding percolating through. The other poems cover a range of themes and topics from the everyday questions that children pose about the world to ways you can dance for snow, rain, or to make the world a better place. Two adventure-ballads, are tales of a father’s love that will delight and soothe on various levels. These tales of adventure will stimulate children’s imagination and curiosity, leading to shared, family memories of laughter and fun. For reading aloud, all ages; independent reader, ages 6 and up with some challenging words to help vocabularies grow.