
Finding Your Stars
A children's book about nurturing our strengths and accepting our fears
Carolyn Morris(Author)
Carolyn Morris (Publisher)
Published on 23. November 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
40 pages
978-1-7778356-0-6 (ISBN)
Description
Finding Your Stars is a children's book about nurturing our strengths and accepting our fears.
"At times your stars are shining bright. They feel so strong, and real and right. But then you fall..." Join pals Star and Cloud as they explore a "curious trick" to navigating the emotional ups and downs of life.
Finding Your Stars is a beautifully illustrated children's book that encourages children - and their adults - to identify and nurture their strengths and talents, while also accepting their fears and difficult emotions. Featuring a complex relationship between endearing star and cloud characters, it provides kids, parents and caregivers with a helpful tool to reflect on and practice mindfulness, emotional self-regulation and self-compassion. It also helps deepen the bond between parent and child by sparking meaningful conversation and connection.
Finding Your Stars provides kids, parents and caregivers with a helpful tool to reflect on and practice mindfulness, emotional self-regulation and self-compassion - while sparking meaningful conversation and connection.
With emotive watercolour illustrations and lyrical writing, this book aims to bring your family closer by inviting kids and adults to celebrate their strengths and share their struggles, together.
More details
Language
English
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 3 to 8 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
152 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7778356-0-6 (9781777835606)
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Persons
Carolyn Morris is a Toronto-based writer, former journalist and mother. Having struggled to navigate the emotional rollercoaster of becoming a new parent, Carolyn wrote the book as a gift to her younger self. Originally she intended to showcase the value of positive thinking and of investing in strengths. But the book took on a life of its own, evolving to emphasize the importance of making space for our negative emotions as well. Finding Your Stars is her first children's book.