My Mommy's Hands: (1 The Parent)

The everyday tasks that make a child feel loved, safe, and important are captured through the eyes and voices of children in this delightful tribute to mothers. Parents read this light-hearted bedtime story to their little ones and revisit the activities of the day gaining a feeling of satisfaction and validation in their commitment to their child's care and welfare. The diverse characters are a nod to mothers of all ethnicities who share the common bond of motherhood. The verses have a rhyme scheme; and when the words are read aloud, they flow in an easy rhythm. My Mommy's Hands is a 2024 winner of the International Impact Book Awards and a second-place winner of The Book Fest Awards for Spring 2024. Sunny Davis is a retired teacher and school counselor, a military wife, a mother of three, and a grandmother of eleven. This is her first in a series of five books that celebrate parents.

About the Author :
Sunny Davis is a retired teacher and school counselor, a military wife, a mother of three, and a grandmother of eleven. The idea to write children's books was with her throughout her career, but the workload of a teacher and counselor didn't leave much room for writing. Once retired, she had the mindshare and the time to develop her first series, The Parent Series, which is largely influenced by watching her children parent their little ones. She could see in them the end-of-the-day fatigue, which brought back memories of herself as a young mother and how often she had felt that nothing much had been accomplished in a day; and then there was the bedtime story that her children were still waiting for her to read.The five books in the Parent Series celebrate the commitment and the love parents show in the ordinary day-to-day interactions they have with their children. Even the smallest task or the first reaction can have an impact that make children feel loved, safe, and important. The moms and dads in the books represent many ethnicities to illustrate the commonalities in raising a child no matter the culture or religion or country. The intent is that when a parent reads one of these books to their children, he or she will be validated and appreciated for choosing to care, to support, to provide, to comfort, and to show love. My Mommy's Hands is the first in her series of five books that celebrate parents. Penny Weber is a full-time artist and illustrator based in Long Island, New York.As a child she taught herself to use colored pencils and watercolors. Recently she has taught herself how to use photoshop. Penny attended classes at the School of Visual Arts in New York after which she has pursued her career as an illustrator. Penny's work over the years includes residential murals, greeting cards, portraits, caricatures and pet portraits. She creates digital illustrations that have a unique hand-drawn look. Penny has illustrated many successful children's picture books. She illustrated "Will You Fill My Bucket? Daily Acts of Love Around the World," written by Carol McCloud and Karen Wells. Penny also illustrated "I Am Unique!" written by Jennifer Vassel."Penny lives with her husband, three children and their very fat cat, Tiger. Linda Powers founded Powers Design in 1987 - a creative services agency specializing in graphic and web design, print management / brokering and advertising. Since then she has built this woman-owned business to include regional, national and international clients in a wide range of industries.In that time she's worked with publishing industry greats such as Ingram Spark, Book Baby, KDP Amazon, Pearson Education, Houghton Mifflin and Brown Publishing Network among others.For the last few years Linda has focused on book design and production for authors interested in self-publishing their works along with calendar design and production. Books have included grade school textbooks, a dictionary, fictional thrillers, a humorous book for brides-to-be and 30+ children's illustrated books.To view her portfolios, go to: powersdesign.net