The Strawberry Pot
Lea Michelle Cash
eBook
(Outskirts Press, Inc., June 12, 2013)
A must-read for all Children, Teens and Adults. The Strawberry Pot is an inspiring and powerful coming of age chapter book, designed to build peace and good character through the eyes of a fifth grade student overcoming difficulties and challenges in her young life. The story is written to inspire "change" within a young reader's heart using the language of empathy, a different perspective of preventing bullying and non-violence in school. Through the use of a metaphor children before and during adolescence are taught to value and appreciate the beauty in all human beings, and to celebrate humanity, its similarities and differences with kindness and peaceful alternatives. Dramatic, compassionate and deeply moving, The Strawberry Pot takes readers to a place of understanding, the importance of teaching tolerance. What's the Story- This inspiring book tells a story about Makayla Ambani as she recalls it. Her life as a child has never been perfect. In fifth grade, she finds it difficult to get along with a new boy that comes to her school who happens to be a bully. While writing a class peacemaker assignment for English, the new boy makes her life more complicated and frustrating. Makayla's father gives her some loving, valuable moral advice, and Makayla transforms her life because of it. During this process, she learns to love herself--and to appreciate and celebrate the beauty, uniqueness, and differences in others.