Bücher von Sonja Lange Wendt

If you are looking for a story about inclusion, acceptance, and welcoming, this award winning book is for you! This is a story about a sunflower that blows into a perennial garden. Suzy sunflower is considered a weed by Mr. Gardeners since he did not plant her. Mrs. Gardener fell in love with this unplanned sunflower growing in the garden. Mr. Gardener not knowing how loved the sunflower is and considering it a weed, pulls it out. He sees how upset Mrs. Gardener is by his action. Out of compassion and love, he plants the seed of Suzy Sunflower and adds a drip line for her. And yes, she comes back the next summer in all her beauty. This is a Purple Dragonfly book award winner that shows how love is infinite and to welcome even the unplanned, into our garden.

This Amazon #1 Best Seller book in 4 categories (Peer Pressure, Values, Self-Esteem & Self-Respect, and Girls & Women's books) is part of the Cultivating Compassion in Children series. Six-year-old Maggie questions her grandmother whether old things can be beautiful. This is after Maggie sees advertisements to wash the gray out of your hair and creams to wipe away the wrinkles to make you look young and beautiful. They talk about things that are old and beautiful, like the patchwork quilt on her lap. Maggie comes to her own conclusion on beauty and age. The intent of this story is to see beauty from beyond societal norms to what is simply natural in life. It can lead to thoughts and discussion on positive self-esteem. The illustrations in the book are beautiful and culturally diverse. There are questions at the end that the adult can discuss with the child to encourage thinking and increase their understanding. This is a warm and wonderful book for grandparents and elderly friend to read to young children.