I am Darn Tough by Licia Morelli poetry anthology author of Goodbye Autumn

author of Goodbye Autumn

# 23 Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes

You're about to love them even more

and made the world more beautiful through her art

shows us that

I am Darn Tough by Licia Morelli poetry anthology author of Goodbye AutumnMorelli isn't just writing about a cross country race run by a young girl, perhaps 11, with brown skin and flushed cheeks. The girl prepares at the starting line with her teammates. There is the crunch of gravel, large hills, and twisting paths, captured in soft focus watercolors. It is a true quest, right down to the moment of stumbling and scraping her knee. "I remember crying, feeling defeated. My heart hurting, stomach in knots." Readers are there