DESCRIPTIONS

Come Gather Around Grandfather Fire! Come, dear, brave child, and gather around Grandfather Fire. Come sit with us as he speaks of Brave Kids stories, travels, and desires. Under Sister Smiling Moon and under Brother Twinkling Stars. . . We—you, and I, and all the 24 Brave Kids authors—gather here around Grandfather Fire because long, long ago, this is where stories were told. The elders would sit around Grandfather Fire, along with the young ones, and speak of stories passed down to them from their forefathers. These Brave Kids stories, which are about to be told, will take you to the stars and beyond; they’ll take you to magical lands with talking aliens and talking animal guardians. They’ll show you great friendships, and how to start understanding who you really are, and how to listen to your inner voice and intuition that will guide and protect you along your growing-up path. They will show you that if you put your heart and soul into something, you can achieve anything, and that family, whether they be directly related or adopted, will be there supporting you, in life and in the hereafter. These stories hold great wisdom and tools of knowledge, so that you can aspire to be great like the heroes you have just encountered through this firelight story time. ______________ Brave Kids will help children work through big emotions and tough situations. What a gift to offer wisdom, insight, and real tools through imagination and play. It’s an important resource for kids who are pushed into bravery before they know how. ~Kera Sanchez, Editor-in-Chief of Get Griefy Magazine, Trauma-informed Secondary Educator, and Mother I applaud all of the Brave Kids authors for creating these survival guides for today's children. In a rough world it is so refreshing to read the stories that could help any child navigate through life's sometimes turbulent waters. These books give children the tools they need to not only cope, but to thrive in today's world. ~Shelly Mateer, Author, Single in the CIA, the Mingling in the CIA series, Mission: Stand Down, Mommy Thinks She's a Monster, The Lemon Seed, and The Adventures of Shelly Beach series