Rima Potter

Rima Potter lives on Long Island with her husband and four children. She is an Art educator with twenty years experience. She has been interested in spiritual and emotional development, using this to help others to find their true purpose. From a young age she was captivated by art and a love of books. She has carried this with her and believes that the power of images and words can be combined to create a purposeful life.

 

Ms. Potter is the author and illustrator of a series of books that focus on the adventures of Adelaide and Emerson, a dynamic pair of crows. Their journeys will also introduce you to their friends in Cricket Hollow. The reader will experience growth, resilience, challenges and change through these animals eyes.

In A Birds Eye View, Emerson flies above the winter landscape to visit his friend Avery. 

Adelaide takes a journey of her own to the seaside, in Adelaide and the purple glasses. 

The reader will also meet the chipmunk brothers who are artists. Showing how important it is to express your true self, and share this with the people around you.

Arturo the snail teaches the reader to slow down and appreciate the view in, Arturo and the golden leaf. 

These books in the series build upon the relationships of the characters, and how their connectedness creates a community.  Each character has a place and a sense of purpose that leads to a fulfilling life.

 

As a part of the series Ms. Potter has created materials that compliment and reinforce the books. A deck of guidance cards that will be available with each book. Artwork from the pages are reintroduced in a card form, and each one has a mantra, quote, thought, or guided meditation. 

Digging Deeper is a parent guide and workbook that allows the parent to have a deeper conversation about these social and emotional topics, and allows them to be directly applied to their life. 

These supplemental materials will allow the parent and reader to delve deeper into the pages of the books.