Photo Credit: Krista Bevan

Long Bio:
Jennifer Raudenbush feels most alive when she’s creating stories, especially picture books, poetry, and middle grade novels. Jen lives with her husband and teenage son in eastern Pennsylvania, where its natural beauty provides endless inspiration. She has been published in Cricket children’s magazine, the 10.10 Poetry Anthology and Two Truths and a Fib Poetry Anthology. IN THE PALM OF MY HAND, illustrated by Isabella Conti, Running Press Kids (Hachette), is Jen’s first published picture book.

Jen graduated from Sweet Briar College with a BA in English Literature and has three master’s degrees: an M.A. from West Chester University in Communicative Disorders, and both an M.Div. and M.A. from Evangelical Seminary.
 
Short Bio:
Jennifer Raudenbush feels most alive when she’s creating stories, especially picture books and middle grade novels. Jen lives with her husband and teenage son in eastern Pennsylvania, where its natural beauty provides endless inspiration. She also loves to cuddle with her pup, adventure with family, and escape with books. 
 
Connect with Jen at her website jenraudenbush.com, or on Twitter, Instagram, and Goodreads (links embedded).
Email: jenniferraudenbush@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/jenraudenbush

IN THE PALM OF MY HAND
Picture Book
​Author: Jennifer Raudenbush
Illustrator: Isabella Conti
Publisher: Running Press Kids (Hachette)
ISBN: 978-0762479870
Ages: 4-8 years
Publication Date: 3/14/23
 
Amazon link with bonus content: HERE

Picture
​BLURB: "On an ambling walk, a child discovers they hold the promise of larger worlds—forests and meadows—in the palm of their hand. An acorn becomes a tree within a woodland wonderland. A grain of sand becomes a sandcastle in a kingdom of imagination. By exploring nature’s tiniest details, they learn even small things, including them, contain infinite potential."

REVIEW:
“Everything in this story is connected to everything else. Every item in the book, even a grain of sand, is as beautiful in both its simplicity and complexity. Readers will close this book loving their small part of the world a little more." --Kirkus Reviews