Poinsettia the pig thinks the house she lives in would be perfect without her six noisy, messy, always-in-the-way brothers and sisters—until they do leave. ‘A warm, childlike story [with] thoroughly engaging and believable porcine characters.’ —H. A Reading Rainbow Selection Poinsettia the pig thinks the house she lives in would be perfect without her six noisy, messy, always-in-the-way brothers and sisters—until they do leave. ‘A warm, childlike story [with] thoroughly engaging and believable porcine characters.’ —H. A Reading Rainbow Selection Felicia Bond is both writer and illustrator of Tumble Bumble , The Day It Rained Hearts , the Poinsettia books, and many others. She painted the art for numerous other award-winning books, including those in the much loved If You Give . . . series and the contemporary classic Big Red Barn . She lived for many years in New York and currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.