Katherine Grace Unlocks the Keys is the children’s book companion to Give Me Back My Crayons. With a key hidden in each illustration, you and your child will discover all the ways to let your creativity free. Katherine Grace will warm your heart and inspire you to be childlike, setting your curiosity on fire and keeping your love of learning alive.
We, as parents, need to take back our children and give them the environment and experiences they need to thrive. As an educator, school administrator, mom, and artist, JoAnn Nocera saw this shift beginning years ago. She opted to create change in her community by infusing arts into learning, encouraging parents by showing them how to bring arts back into the home as well.
Through decades of experience, extensive research, and her personal story, Give Me Back My Crayons illustrates the value of trusting ourselves and reaching deep to find that creative genius living inside. while modeling for our children how to do the same. Give Me Back My Crayons offers a life changing method for unlocking the creative child within and counter the very real issues of today.
This book is for anyone who scribbles on napkins or receipts and is looking for a spark of something poetic to help capture some fleeting moment of emotion that could flutter away in a fraction of a second. Full of thoughtful idea starters from the journals of author Laura B. Ginsberg, an editor and writing instructor, this book will help you experiment with language and ideas and fill up that stash of gorgeously blank notebooks waiting for your stories.
Within these pages you’ll find a mental health apothecary. Connecting with spirituality and nature, paying attention to cycles, and harnessing the magic of your most powerful internal and external resources will bolster you to not only survive, but thrive.
This guide is written for anyone who wants to dive in to introspective practices, deepen their self-awareness, and propel themselves forward. You don’t need a diagnosis, all you need is the desire to experience wellness.
Welcome to a world where emotions are your superpower. You belong here.
