Mama, Is it Summer Yet?

Nikki McClure lives in Olympia, Washington under cedar trees along the eastern shore of the Southern Salish Sea.

Nikki uses an x-acto knife to cut her designs into paper.

Nikki's wall calendar was the first product ever carried by buyolympia.com back in 1999.

Cynthia Rylant is the author of more than a hundred books for children. She won the Newbery Medal for Missing May and the Newbery Honor for A Fine White Dust. She lives in Oregon.

Nikki McClure is a self-taught artist who has been making paper-cuts since 1996. She is the author and illustrator of Abrams’ Collect Raindrops. All in a Day is her first Abrams’ children’s book. She lives with her family in Olympia, Washington.