Learning to BE an Author...Again
At the end of 2017, when Shawnee Scientific Press released I See Me: More Than One Tree , my lifelong dream of having a picture book published came true. This is when the world met Becca Epps: All images illustrated by the wonderfully talented Melissa Connally My life grew even bigger than my dreams when I learned that I See Me would be just the first in a series of six picture books! Each one of the books gently guides children ages five to eight (and older people too) through acceptance and mindfulness, using stories. An acceptance and commitment training (ACT) model, in particular, is used. Thus, each book covers one core process of ACT. I See Me: More Than One Tree is all about what ACT calls self-as-context. In the first book, Becca learns that she's more than her grades, her moods, her body and the roles she plays. Book two, to be published by Shawnee ANY day now, is entitled Becca Epps Learns to BE . The ACT process