www.prairiestorms.com http PRAIRIE STORMS by Darcy Pattison A year of storms on the prairies and how the animals survive. Where the land is flat, the sky's dome becomes a blank canvas for storms. In this lyrical book, experience a year of prairie storms from the point of view of native wild life who must shelter, hide, escape, disappear, endure and withstand those storms. DARCY PATTISON, (www.darcypattison.com) author of picture books, novels and how-to-write books has been published in eight languages. She studied for her master's degree at Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. She returns to the wide, open skies of our heartland's prairies in her first nonfiction picture book, PRAIRIE STORMS. (http She follows this with another nature book next year, DESERT BATHS. KATHLEEN RIETZ, (www.kathleenrietz.com) has illustrated six children's picture books, with two new books set for release in 2012. Kathleen is a lifelong lover of art and nature. A native of IL, PRAIRIE STORMS was a natural fit for her as an artist. (http Watch for a second collaboration with author Darcy Pattison in a followup book to Prairie Storms, DESERT BATHS. hardcover ISBN: 978-1-60718-129-3 paperback ISBN: 978-1-60718-139-2 English eBook ISBN: 978-1-60718-149-1 Spanish eBook ISBN: 978-1-60718-159-0 Watch the sand hill cranes avoid the tornado, the red fox thrill to a soft evening shower, the earless lizard shimmy as it disappears beneath the burning sands of summer, the cougar dodge hail stones, the <b>...</b>