*Starred Review in Publishers Weekly

I'm so excited that my latest picture book, DARE THE WIND, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.  DARE, which was illustrated by the wonderful Emily Arnold McCully, is the story of Eleanor 'Ellen' Prentiss.  Ellen navigated the clipper ship, the Flying Cloud, on its daring, record-breaking voyage from New York City to gold-rush era San Francisco.  The review says, in part, "Fern...lyrically paints a picture of the journey's ups and downs," and "McCully's...illustrations bring to vivid life this picture-book..."   Yahoo!!!  You can check out the entire review here.  DARE will be published on February 18, 2014, but you can pre-order it now!

DARE THE WIND Review

The first review of DARE THE WIND is in, and it's a great one!  I'm so pleased that DARE was given a starred review in Kirkus.  The reviewer wrote:  As stimulating as the sea air itself, this story will surely send the salt water coursing through the veins of its readers.  Yeah!  You can read the entire review here.