In this poem, written for one of his daughters, Kevin Crossley-Holland uses the metaphor of the lighting of each of four candles in an advent crown. Advent is a time of anticipation and of growing illumination. Each December day in the poem has a four-line stanza which tells of a newfound wonder in the child's world. As images to go beside these verses, Alyson MacNeill's engravings are a perfect response. -- Old Stile Press website.