When You Go Night Calving
Available Late Spring 2026!
In When You Go Night Calving, readers bundle up on a snowy night to adventure with a young girl and her father as they share a unique and essential aspect of ranch living—night calving. While braving the snow and cold to check on the well-being of newborn calves, the father and daughter share what it means to care for the animals, including a calf that is found, lost and alone.
Portrayed through breathtaking, original watercolor art, the story is a timeless tale of virtues—trust, bravery, patience, kindness, faith, hope—and especially the importance of being little!
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Hannah Sease, illustrator extraordinaire, has teamed with Jayme to bring this endearing story to life with stunning watercolors that portray a nostalgia and longing for simpler times. Children will be enchanted by the winter wonderland, while parents and grandparents appreciate a story that imparts the importance of a life filled with virtue.
Jayme’s first children’s picture book is inspired by a real-life rescue of an orphaned calf, her ensuing love affair with the big-eyed, big-eared bovine, and the happily ever after that continues to play out on the ranch.
Read the inspiration for the story and meet the real-life Tucker calf in these blogs: The Rescue Story and Calf Update
Tucker’s baby photo — cutest in the world!
Ranch owner, Brent, giving the orphaned calf his first bottle. Bottle-fed calves need special love when their mothers are unable to care for them.
