As Maya Grows in the Natural World

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 0.9)>Winner Children's Picture Book: Hardcover Fiction 2024 Best Book Awards</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Finalist Children's Picture Book Hardcover Fiction 2024 International Book Awards</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 0.9)>Finalist 2023 Wishing Shelf Book Awards UK</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 0.9)>Mom's Choice Awards® Gold Recipient</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Maya and her friends delight in catching falling leaves dancing to the music of swaying trees and discovering other enchanting adventures that grow self-confidence and foster a love of nature.</strong></p><p></p><p>The sounds of rippling streams seem to flow from the pages and your fingertips can almost feel the texture of sticks stones and cones from the <strong>beautiful illustrations with stunning detail.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Imaginative rhymes-</strong><em>Paint a pumpkin with colors that splish-splash and swish-</em>paired with<strong> insightful quotations for adults </strong>by known and unknown sources <em>-The sea has a way of reminding us of our smallness yet at the same time our potential for greatness-</em> teach nature's nurturing lessons of kindness empathy compassion and the joy of curiosity.</p><p></p><p>Among the book's surprises is a red lotus flower a symbol of resilience hidden brightly its bloom waiting to be found.</p><p></p><p>Through Maya's journey children grow to understand that nature's gifts belong to everyone and that protecting them is our shared responsibility-<em>Earth and Heart are spelled with the same letters.</em></p><p></p><p>Celebrate the wonder of the natural world brimming with flowers apples turtles deer ducks birds soil streams leaves and other open-air treasures!</p><p></p><p>Join the outdoor adventure on every page! It's the first part of the Green Smile Equation: Fun + Curiosity + Imagination + Learning = Care for Nature and Environmental Stewardship.</p><p></p><p>Maya hopes you love reading her book under a tree beneath the sky or wherever you feel the happiest!</p>