Bøger af Cynthia Cebrun

Some of our most difficult times involve separation from a loved one. Separations due to divorce, military deployment, isolation, or death can have adverse effects on our feelings and emotions, especially in children and teens. In A Beastly Kind of Love, a newly-orphaned and wounded little bird experiences fear, loneliness, anger, and failure. But Love speaks and takes the form of a gentle beast to help the little bird, and readers, overcome and keep moving forward. A Beastly Kind of Love is also an activity book. Pictures or words may be added to spaces within the story and at the end of the story to make the book a personalized keepsake celebrating one or a group of loved ones.

Graduation is a time to celebrate accomplishment and independence. It can also be a time of anxiety. Anxieties of change, separation, and facing the unknown are not uncommon in graduates of any age. A Beastly Kind of Love: Graduation Edition includes the same encouraging poetry and vivid illustrations as the original, but it also includes extra memory pages for the graduate's story. The story of the little wounded bird facing tough times in a big world, yet finding healing and comfort in the hands of the gentle beast, relays the message of a forever love. A love that helps us to keep moving forward- no matter what separates us. It's the perfect gift from a parent or grandparent. Prepare the memory pages with pictures through the years for a special keepsake, or let the graduate tell their own story.

A Beastly Kind of Love uses poetry and vivid illustrations to tell the story of a small, wounded bird finding healing and comfort in the hands of a gentle beast. The little bird experiences fear, loneliness, anger, and failure as it longs for a 'missing' loved one. Yet, it learns that love leaves a helpful force that can never be erased. Spaces are provided within the story and on memory pages at the end of the story for adding pictures and/or words to make the book a special keepsake.