Books with author Fred Burstein

Fred Burstein is a poet of moments. He enjoys the woodlands around his home and celebrates them in short, lovely verses. From the poet’s sharp eye we learn which way the frog faces …when the red eft comes out of hiding … how the wind, rain, sun and snow tickle the senses. We see through the eyes of a child, hear through the mind of a natural man who has spent his entire life amidst turning leaves, red berries, chickadees, bluejays, woodpeckers—and who else do you know who counts the Jack-in-the-Pulpit as a best friend?

Jimmy, Robin and Marie are best friends on the way to school in Maine. Somehow it seems to them it will never stop snowing. But while it snows, there is a count-down to Marie's birthday. But it's also the sensitive and compassionate bus driver, Jack, and the harmonic magic of his bus that make this story unique. Will Marie's birthday prayer come true? Will it ever stop snowing? Along with what they learn about friendship,loyalty and love, the bus riders also learn what it is like for one of their friends to be a person of special needs, who sometimes needs even more than love -- proof of love.

Fred Burstein is a poet of moments. He enjoys the woodlands around his home and celebrates them in short, lovely verses. From the poet's sharp eye we learn which way the frog faces ...when the red eft comes out of hiding ... how the wind, rain, sun and snow tickle the senses. We see through the eyes of a child, hear through the mind of a natural man who has spent his entire life amidst turning leaves, red berries, chickadees, bluejays, woodpeckers--and who else do you know who counts the Jack-in-the-Pulpit as a best friend?