Sunny The Sunflower

When Sunny the Sunflower starts to get teased about growing taller than all of his flower friends he tries to hide away from the sun so that he won't grow up so high. Sunny soon finds out that not being himself makes him feel really sad. When he finally allows himself to grow up big and tall he realizes just how special he is after all.

A children's illustrated story about a Sunflower who discovers herself and her special gifts with the help of her dear friends: Rhys the Ladybug, Koko the Frog, Rudi the Bluebird and Leo the Caterpillar.

Follow the journey of a seed as it grows to be a beautiful sunflower and then dies back to the soil. Sunny is a celebration of the life cycle of a sunflower as it relates to our human experience. Sunny celebrates growth mindset and the spiritual nature and connectedness of all living things. This story hopes to be a celebratory gift for child birth, inspiration for teens, comfort for those who are facing death, and comfort for those who are grieving. Sunny celebrates life in all of its spiraling light and shadow. I hope that Sunny will inspire you to live with peace, passion, and gratitude for all that we have been given. Through following the life of a Sunflower and it's relationship to soil- Sunny is also a call to soil conservation, composting, and cultivating a brighter future.

Colorful, exciting, vivid and whimsical, these are just a few words to describe this delightful little picture book. Beautiful, Big and Bright; is a great read aloud, that is fun for all ages. Each page is filled with anticipation and wonder. Also a wonderful book that teaches on the principles of sowing and reaping. So Come along and take a journey with Sunny the Sunflower seed, and watch his life change with the seasons. Don't worry He'll soon be back to make you smile.

Find out how sunflowers become six feet tall from just a tiny seed in Kevin E. Thibodeau's simple but exquisitely beautiful storybook. Sunny, a radiant sunflower, shares the development process that she and her siblings went through, from the darkness of the soil to the brightness of the sun. Through colorful and cheerful illustrations, Sunny's amazing transformation gorgeously comes alive.

Sunny Beringer hates her first name—her real first name—Sunflower. And she hates that her mom has suddenly left behind her dad and uprooted their family miles away from New Jersey to North Carolina just so she can pursue some fancy degree. Sunny has to live with a grandmother she barely knows, and she’s had to leave her beloved cat and all her friends behind. And no one else seems to think anything is wrong. So she creates “Sunny Beringer’s Totally Awesome Plan for Romance”—a list of sure-fire ways to make her parents fall madly in love again, including: Send Mom flowers from a “Secret Admirer” to make her dad jealous and make him regret letting them move so far away. Make a playlist of his favorite love songs—the mushier the better—and make sure it’s always playing in the car. Ask them about the good old days when they first fell in love. But while working on a photo album guaranteed to make Mom change her mind and rush them right back home, Sunny discovers a photo—one that changes everything. Sunny’s family, the people she thought she could trust most in the world, have been keeping an enormous secret from her. And she’ll have to reconcile her family’s past and present, or she’ll lose everything about their future.

Sunny is the smallest Sunflower in her family, she believes she serves no purpose because of how small she is. I wrote this book in alignment with my Christian faith to encourage the younger generation that just because they're young does not mean that they do not have a purpose. I grew up believing that I didn't have a purpose in life and believing that I was just small. Until I realized what great plan God had for me. This is Sunny's story.