About
Heather C. Morris is the award-winning author of multiple stories for kids – fiction, nonfiction, picture books, and middle grade – including Trunk Goes Thunk! (A 2025 SCBWI Crystal Kite Honor Book, a 2025 Baker’s Dozen selection and a 2025 Keystone to Reading Preschool List Nominee), a ghost story in the Haunted States of America Anthology (Godwin Books/Macmillan, 2024), and two more forthcoming picture books, Backyard Stew (2026) and Dribble, Shoot, Swish (2027). She is an active member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and has written seven titles for the educational market.
Featured Work
Trunk Goes Thunk! A Woodland Tale of Opposties
Whoosh! Crash! Thunk! Follow along as the LOUD sounds of a falling tree signal the transformation of a QUIET area of the forest into a flourishing center of activity.
This lyrical nonfiction story uses word opposites such as small and large, dark and light, high and low, and fast and slow to introduce young readers to the natural recycling of fallen timber into log bridges. From bears, porcupines and raccoons to eagles, mice and deer, a host of forest animals repurpose a fallen tree, connecting two sides of a stream together throughout the seasons.
Other Works
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Haunted States of America - "White Thing" Story, Alabama
2024
Awards and Recognition
- 2025 Baker's Dozen Selection for Trunk Goes Thunk! The Pennsylvania Center for the Book’s Baker’s Dozen: Thirteen Best Books for Family Literacy is a nationwide, annual initiative to screen over 1,000 picture books each year with the goal of identifying the top thirteen books that support family literacy program goals and are suited to the interests and developmental characteristics of children between three and six years of age.
- 2025 SCBWI Crystal Kite Honor - Southeast Region
