Laura Sassi

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About Laura Sassi
Laura Sassi has a passion for telling stories in prose and rhyme. She is the author of six books for children including the best-selling Goodnight Ark, which was a 2015 Christian Book Award Finalist; Goodnight, Manger; Diva Delores and the Opera House Mouse, which won First Honor Book for the 2019 Best in Rhyme Award and is a 2021-2022 Iowa Goldfinch Award Nominee; Love Is Kind, which was a 2020 Anna Dewdney Read Together Award Honor Book; Little Ewe: The Story of One Lost Sheep and her new board book with Zonderkidz, Bunny Finds Easter! She writes daily from her home in New Jersey and finds special joy in sharing her love of reading and writing with the next generation at school visits and other book events.
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Titles By Laura Sassi
Love Is Kind is a heartwarming story about Little Owl who hopes to buy his grammy a heart-shaped box of chocolates for her birthday. On his quest for the chocolates, he’s thwarted at every turn, but ends up discovering the real meaning of love.
Told in simple prose by bestselling author Laura Sassi, this heartfelt and humorous picture book is a sweet reminder that real love isn’t found in a box–even one filled with chocolates. Love Is Kind takes a charming and gentle approach to teaching kids the true meaning of love as described in 1 Corinthians 13, while celebrating the bonds that kids have with their grandparents, and the many forms that love and happiness can take.
Love Is Kind:
- Written by best-selling author Laura Sassi
- Illustrated by Lison Chaperon
- Beautiful illustrations highlight 1 Corinthians 13
- Celebrates the special love between children and grandparents
With sweet, rhyming text and illustrations by bestselling illustrator Jane Chapman, Goodnight, Manger offers a unique twist on the classic Christmas tale, creatively weaving together comforting and familiar bedtime routines with the special magic and wonder of the manger story as Mary and Joseph try to lull baby Jesus asleep inside the noisy stable.
Goodnight, Manger:
- Is perfect as bedtime reading for your little ones, especially during the holiday season
- Makes the Christmas story fun and accessible for young readers
- Helps kids think deeper about what being in the stable may have been like for Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
- Can be read during Advent, the Christmas season, or celebrations of Jesus’s birthday
- Makes a great gift for baby showers, new moms, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, and boys and girls 4-8
It's bedtime for Baby Jesus, but who knew a manger could be so loud? Mama, Papa, and all the animals try to get the baby to sleep, but between itchy hay, angels' joyful hosannas, and three kings bearing noisy gifts, it's just too loud. Until Mama finds a way for everyone to work together to shepherd Jesus into peaceful dreams under the twinkling stars.
If you enjoy Goodnight, Manger, be sure to check out Goodnight, Ark as well!
Así comienza el viaje en El amor es bondadoso, escrito por la exitosa autora Laura Sassi e ilustrado por Lison Chaperon. Esta conmovedora historia sobre el Pequeño Búho y su búsqueda para comprarle a su abuelita una caja de chocolates con forma de corazón para su cumpleaños se basa en el verdadero significado del amor como se describe en 1 Corintios 13. Se cuenta en prosa simple, aunque el Pequeño Búho se ve frustrado a cada paso, este sincero y encantador libro ilustrado es, en última instancia, un dulce recordatorio de que el verdadero amor no se encuentra en una caja, incluso en una llena de chocolates.
El amor es bondadoso tiene un enfoque entretenido y gentil para enseñar a los niños el verdadero significado del amor, mientras celebra los vínculos que los niños tienen con sus abuelos.
El pequeño búho tintineó las monedas en su bolsillo. Era el cumpleaños de Abuelita. Y, finalmente, tenía suficiente dinero para comprarle algo especial: una caja de chocolates en forma de corazón".
Little Ewe would rather jump on logs and investigate spider webs than follow the shepherd when he calls. But what happens when she gets lost? How will she find her way home? Told in whimsical rhyme, this humorous counting book for our littlest ones is a delightful reminder that, like a loving parent, our Shepherd will find us and care for us, even when we wander from the path.
In Little Ewe: The Story of One Lost Sheep, award-winning author Laura Sassi and illustrator Tommy Doyle tell an endearing tale of a distracted sheep and her persistent shepherd, inspired by the Parable of the Lost Sheep in Luke 15.