Poppy J. Thistleberry decides she wants to be a writer, but she is struggling to come up with material for her class writing assignments--and annoyed that her best friend Lavender keeps getting picked to read her paper.
At first Poppy is thrilled by her twin baby sisters, and delighted that her grandmother has come to help--but soon she finds that the two babies are taking up all the adult's time and energy, and she starts to feel angry and neglected.
Melchior, one of the Wisemen, has the same dream night after night in which he is urged to follow a star, so he embarks on the journey with his nonchalant and wise camel, Nubia.
My Love for You is the Sun is a love letter from parent to child, written in verse and expressing that timeless and unconditional love through metaphors from the natural world. The illustrations in this book were sculptued in hand-colored clay and photographed by Susan Eaddy.