The book’s text is action-packed and heartfelt, capturing the juddering rhythms of Violet’s nervousness, and the watercolor illustrations are suffused with emotion, detail, and movement. It takes all Violet’s courage and resilience to pick herself up, dust herself off, and express her feelings-but when she does, the results are more wonderful than her wildest dreams. At recess, her hat flies away, leaving the valentine she made soaked with snow. After bumping into Mira, Violet trips and falls, and the whole class laughs at her. But no amount of preparation or lucky charms can protect Violet from what happens next.
She decides to make Mira an extra-special valentine, covering it with glitter and signing it, “Love, Violet.” On Valentine’s Day, she tucks the paper heart under her lucky cowboy hat and plucks up her courage. In the winter, Violet gets an idea: If she can’t express her feelings in words, maybe she can express them through art. But whenever Mira comes close, Violet panics and is unable to speak. Violet longs to spend her days dreaming and adventuring with Mira. Violet only has eyes for one other child in her class: Mira.
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