Say One Kind Thing

LESSONS IN ACCEPTANCE, LOVE, AND LETTING GO

BY SUSAN VERDE

For readers of Anne Lamott and Glennon Doyle, comes an original essay collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author and mindfulness expert Susan Verde. Say One Kind Thing emphasizes the power of positive self–talk and the lessons we learn from motherhood and gaining self–acceptance

Selling Points

BESTSELLING ABRAMS

AUTHOR: Verde has a #1 New York Times bestselling series with Abrams. Her books for young people on empathy, compassion, and resilience have become modern classics, and in Say One Kind Thing, she turns the conversation from little humans to their parents.

BELOVED VOICE: Verde is seen as a trailblazer whom many people look to for a more peaceful, mindful, and kind way of being. Parents, booksellers, librarians, and educators alike already call on Verde to bring that sense of peace and grounding to the children in their lives, to their homes, and to their shared community spaces.

Number one New York Times bestselling author and children’s yoga and mindfulness expert Susan Verde knows the power of positive self–talk. For decades, Verde has struggled with her inner critic, a voice inside telling her that she was not enough. Yoga, meditation, and mindfulness practices became her way of challenging and quieting this voice. However, the moment she became a parent, the voice became louder than ever. How would she manage to parent three little ones when she could not speak to herself with compassion, kindness, and love? Motherhood would prove to be the ultimate test of her practice.

With humor, heart, and disarming vulnerability, Verde shares stories from her life as a parent, a person, and a coffee addict on a journey toward self–acceptance. She reveals her missteps and her greatest moments of joy—from supporting one of her children through a mental health struggle, and another through gender affirmation; to losing her father and reconnecting with her mother; to the immense pain and pride of preparing to send her three teenagers off to college and facing an empty nest.

Woven throughout the book are mantras reminding readers to speak to themselves with compassion, with the ultimate goal of living, loving, and parenting from a place of freedom and authenticity. Verde’s message is that we must all be the authors of our own inner dictionaries, filling them with words of self–love. We must listen to the voice that is telling us that we are worthy. And we must let these words become our story.

Susan Verde is a #1 New York Times bestselling children’s book author and a children’s yoga and mindfulness expert. She has written more than 20 picture books, and she is a highly sought–after speaker at conferences, festivals, and schools across the nation. Verde is a frequent contributor to online publications, and she has appeared on multiple podcasts about writing, parenting, mindfulness, and yoga. She is the mother of three teenagers, Gabriel, Joshua, and Sebby, and she lives in East Hampton, New York.

MARKETING POTENTIAL: Parents who are focused on emotional well–being for their children tend to be passionate about it for themselves as well. For every school, library, bookstore, and festival event planned for children, there is the opportunity for a parent event as well. Verde is already well on her way to cementing herself in the crossover space of the wellness and parenting communities.

SPECIFICATIONS

* 176 pages

* WIDTH: 5 1/2" - 140mm

* HEIGHT: 8 1/4" - 210mm

* Hardcover with jacket

PUB MONTH: MARCH 2023

ISBN 978-1-4197-5755-6 US $22.50