The old crafters of myths and fairy tales were master psychologists. Their stories have helped countless generations to learn about power and courage, fear and loss, devotion and commitment, and above all how to be true to oneself. With Deas and Other Imaginings, Valerie Tarico is making a sublime and important new contribution to this ancient genre. What a gift to today's children!
~Chris Mercogliano, Former Director of the Albany Free School in New York, author of In Defense of Childhood: Protecting Kids Inner Wildness, How to Grow a School, Teaching the Restless: One School s Remarkable No-Ritalin Approach to Helping Children Learn and Succeed, and co-author of The Love: Of the Fifth Spiritual Paradigm. --Endorsement page
How captivating and inspiring are these stories and their accompanying artwork! As a child, a great deal of my moral and ethical formation evolved from immersion in fairytales, fables and myths. Indeed, my own sense of spirituality has its roots in the world of latent power made manifest through innate longing, courage, inquisitiveness, and receptivity. Through Deas, Dr. Tarico suspends reality, yet takes us to a place more authentic than our everyday world. It is a world where the divine child lives and where all good things are possible. This world is for adults as well as children, and it is one we can gratefully enter when reading Deas.
~Reverend Donna Johnson, Senior Minister at Unity Church of Fairfax, Virginia, Board Chair for Unity Worldwide Ministries, Coordinator of A Bed for Every Child missionary work in Honduras, Costa Rica, and Peru, contributing journalist for Contact magazine, B.S. in Psychology and Secondary Education, and Advisor to Pinnacle Academy of Virginia, an award-winning elementary school specializing in math and technology for the future. --Endorsement Page
Children develop a unique empathy and appreciation for ethical principles by identifying with characters in favorite stories. With luminous visual imagery and ingenious narrative dexterity, Tarico gives us stories about the development of universal wisdom. Her captivating characters who are often children coming of age discover essential life truths from their myriad experiences. They wrestle with extreme hardship, greed, hubris, narrow-mindedness, and vanity. Assisted by compassionate elders and their own evolving moral compasses, they learn to care for the vulnerable, face adversity with courage, and value humanitarianism in their communities.
~Laura Kastner, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington, and co-author of Getting to Calm: Cool-Headed Strategies for Parenting Tweens and Teens, The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life, and The Seven Year Stretch: How Families Work Together to Grow Through Adolescence. --Endorsement page
How captivating and inspiring are these stories and their accompanying artwork! As a child, a great deal of my moral and ethical formation evolved from immersion in fairytales, fables and myths. Indeed, my own sense of spirituality has its roots in the world of latent power made manifest through innate longing, courage, inquisitiveness, and receptivity. Through Deas, Dr. Tarico suspends reality, yet takes us to a place more authentic than our everyday world. It is a world where the divine child lives and where all good things are possible. This world is for adults as well as children, and it is one we can gratefully enter when reading Deas.
~Reverend Donna Johnson, Senior Minister at Unity Church of Fairfax, Virginia, Board Chair for Unity Worldwide Ministries, Coordinator of A Bed for Every Child missionary work in Honduras, Costa Rica, and Peru, contributing journalist for Contact magazine, B.S. in Psychology and Secondary Education, and Advisor to Pinnacle Academy of Virginia, an award-winning elementary school specializing in math and technology for the future. --Endorsement page
Children develop a unique empathy and appreciation for ethical principles by identifying with characters in favorite stories. With luminous visual imagery and ingenious narrative dexterity, Tarico gives us stories about the development of universal wisdom. Her captivating characters who are often children coming of age discover essential life truths from their myriad experiences. They wrestle with extreme hardship, greed, hubris, narrow-mindedness, and vanity. Assisted by compassionate elders and their own evolving moral compasses, they learn to care for the vulnerable, face adversity with courage, and value humanitarianism in their communities.
~Laura Kastner, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington, and co-author of Getting to Calm: Cool-Headed Strategies for Parenting Tweens and Teens, The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life, and The Seven Year Stretch: How Families Work Together to Grow Through Adolescence. --Endorsement page
