Böcker av Kathy Sparrow

In Stanky & Cece: Out of Control, Stanky & Cece are eager to join their friends at the river for a day of fun. Unfortunately, things get out of control when Stanky makes a decision that would make Cece happy--but he knows isn't right for him. Ultimately, Stanky & Cece learn valuable lessons about responsibility, friendships, and self-confidence. Adventures can be fun and safe--when we make choices that honor ourselves and our values.Co-authors Chad Hanstedt and Kathy Sparrow team with Illustrators Jacob Gray and James Koenig to share the adventures and valuable lessons of Stanky & Cece in this, the first of a series.Stanky & Cece: Out of Control is a wonderful way to introduce kids ages 3-8 to embracing adventure, exploring nature, being responsible for their actions, and making amends.This engaging book: encourages children to look for opportunities to make the right choicesaffirms that everyone makes mistakesteaches children that mistakes can be forgivenappeals to kids' enjoyment of animals, trucks, and naturecan be read aloud for story time or enjoyed as an independent read

On the surface, Ali Stephenson has it all--a secure position at Southern Style Magazine, where she's risen to the ranks of managing editor with all the trappings that a six-figure salary makes possible and a clear route to take over her mentor and friend's role as publisher. She has good friends, practices yoga daily, and takes long strolls on the beach near her home on the Chesapeake Bay. Her life is set, predictable. But something is missing... When Ali is sent off to deep South Texas to write about fly fishing on the Lower Laguna Madre, she has no idea that her life is about to change drastically--and that, by facing much of the past she has kept at bay, she will be given the opportunity to melt the fortress she has spent years building around her heart. Will she embrace the opportunity? Like many women, Ali has a history of choosing unavailable men, an inevitable consequence of her childhood wounding by an abusive father who murdered her mother, leaving her to be raised by her grandparents on a farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains. However, all of that changes when feisty fly fishing lodge owner Mama Kate, who has a deep devotion to the divine feminine, challenges Ali to fac¬¬e the hauntings of her past and embrace her inner wisdom. Ali's journey is one of both learning and practicing self-trust in the midst of navigating the adventurous call of the unknown--of all that could be. And will she answer that call?