The Gift Within

By JAMES D. LONG and MARY CONNORS

The Gift Within is a fictional book about Skylar, a tender-hearted Carolina Wren, who is afraid to take flight and is tormented by his siblings. Encouraged by his parents, he overcomes his fear and discovers how to soar by giving away the gift deep within his heart. The book is appropriate for pre-adolescent readers, although it can be easily comprehended by gifted younger readers and read by parents/grandparents to young children. The "hidden" moral of the book is to help readers think about their own special gifts.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Nov 21, 2013
• ISBN: 9781491831212

JAMES D. LONG

James D. Long served as chairman of the psychology department at Appalachian State University and is currently a professor emeritus. He co-aurhored a number of books including: Manage Your Life; Making It Till Friday; Strategies of Self-Improvement for Teachers; and Career Markers for Psychology Majors. Long has published twenty-five articles in professional journals. The Gift Within is his first book for children.

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Published by AuthorHouse 11/19/2013

ISBN:   978-1-4918-3120-5 (sc)

978-1-4918-3121-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013919773

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