Pudding on the Moon

My mother, Dantzel White Nelson, raised us with the gift of song.

With a beautiful, classically trained voice, she sang lullabies at bedtime that comforted, reassured, and stayed with us long into adulthood. My eight sisters, my brother, and I all grew up wrapped in the sweet sounds of her voice — and every one of us carried those songs into our own homes, singing them to our children, who now sing them to theirs.

I wanted to give that song a lasting home. Illustrating it as a book felt like the most natural way to preserve it for the generations still to come — and to share it with you, in the hope that it might bless your family too.

Traditions like lullabies and bedtime stories are quiet acts of love. They link us to the people who came before and carry something tender forward into the future. I hope this song finds its way into your home and becomes a tradition all your own.