Eclair Goes to Stella's

AWARD-WINNING and BEST-SELLING AUTHOR.Early Reader Chapter Book Series for 5-10-year old girls.Eclair Goes to Stellas is funny sad heart warming and genuine all at once! Renee Gray-Wilburn co-author of Grandparenting Through Obstacles: Overcoming Family Challenges to Reach Your Grandchildren for Christ (Pix-N-Pens 2012).Michelles story is well-written and engaging. She does a wonderful job of developing the characters and deals with difficult issues in a kid-friendly way. Readers will be quickly drawn into this story and want to keep reading. There are so many dimensions to this story--it is filled with humor action and emotion--a great read! --Award-winning childrens book author Crystal Bowman.When Eclairs mother leaves home Eclair and her little sister must go live on a farm with Stella their eccentric grandma.More and more grandparents today are assuming the role of part-time or even full-time caregivers for their grandkids. In Eclair Goes to Stellas we see how one grandmother bravely and creatively steps into this role to help her family through a difficult situation. Im certain that children everywhere will be able to relate to the range of emotions that little Éclair faces as she struggles to adjust to her new living arrangements then begins to welcome the love and care her grandmother offers. Renee Gray-Wilburn co-author of Grandparenting Through Obstacles: Overcoming Family Challenges to Reach Your Grandchildren for Christ (Pix-N-Pens 2012).There is a growing trend in America-grandparents raising grandchildren. According to the AARPs Grandfacts Across the United States almost 7.8 million children are living in homes where grandparents or other relatives are the householders with more than 5.8 million children living in grandparents homes and nearly 2 million children living in other relatives homes. These families are often called grandfamilies.