A Book of Sunshine: Featuring Tiny Miracles, Moving Clouds and Sunbursts

by Bill Zimmerman, Patricia Kitchen, Tom Bloom (Illustrator)

We are often transformed and touched by the simplest an ocean breeze on our face, a child's hand in our own, the deep sound of bells off in the distance. In a world where complexity reigns, these poignant instances clear our heads. Bill Zimmerman's books are flashes of insight. He explores the longings of our heart and our creative impulses and gently encourages us to discover strength in our dreams, desires and vulnerability.This book of cheer, with its simple words and drawings, will encourage you to think new thoughts to replace the tired, old ones you'd like to leave behind. Throughout this book you'll find pages of "tiny miracles". These are the simple, wonderful things we sometimes take for granted, but which make up the great miracle of our own lives.Excerpts from the "When your heart seems like it's breaking, write a country and western song about your troubles to your dog. Teach her the chores so you can howl it together. Together, you make a great duet"."When you lose track of who you really are, visit the children's section of a bookstore and find books someone you loved read to you when you were small. Read those stories over to help remind you how your character developed"."Lifelines is a delightful, stimulating and inspiring book with almost whimsical illustrations to fight internal negativity and-instead of drowning in self-pity-it lifts you up, helping you to make it through another day". -- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D."Make Beliefs is a terrific outlet for untapped creative energy and for all those emotions and feelings that are hard to verbalize...it encourages readers to take time out from their hectic everyday schedules to think a bitabout life and to get in touch with their wishes, hopes and dreams". -- Parents magazine"Not being the whimsical type, we looked with initial skepticism upon...Make Beliefs...and now we want to give the darn thing to everyone". -- Family Circle

120 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997