Hello dear friends! Happy Perfect Picture Book Friday. Today’s featured book is beautiful…but more than that, the message it carries will touch many hearts. The author, the lovely Samantha Gassman, is an amazing person…she shared how she came to write this story:
“This book is very precious to me, as the first draft was written in the days following my miscarriage in Nov. 2019. Writing was a way of healing and recovering after the tragedy and forced me to look forward with hope. I learned of the offer of publication a week before my rainbow baby, Kayla, was born in Aug. 2020. She shares her birthday with the book, and coincidentally, National Rainbow Baby Day.“
Dear friends, not only did Samantha open her heart and share her sorrow to help others with theirs, she is also offering an incredible giveaway: a Picture Book Critique PLUS a 30-minute Zoom chat. The winner is going to be one very lucky writer, that’s for sure. Please leave a comment at the end of this post to be entered in the giveaway. And if you help make this book’s launch a success by pre-ordering a copy of DEAR RAINBOW BABY via her Linktree link: https://linktr.ee/sgassmanbooks – Samantha is going to send you a signed bookplate
DEAR RAINBOW BABY
Written by Samantha Gassman
Illustrated by Timothy Lange
Published by Clear Fork Press
Ages:
Themes: New baby, loss, hope
Synopsis from Amazon:
The term “rainbow baby” refers to babies born after a miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss. Because rainbows often occur after a storm, these babies represent healing and hope for the fTheuture. DEAR RAINBOW BABY follows a family’s transition from grieving their loss to welcoming their rainbow baby.
Why I Love This Book:
1. Beautifully written lyrical story of loss, hope, and new life that will touch every heart that hears it.
2. Gloriously illustrated – the illustrator gave great depth of emotion to each scene.
3. Based on the author’s own experience, this book is appropriate for children, but also perfect for adults who have suffered loss.
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Our favorite authors and illustrators need our help. You can, of course, buy their books. If you purchase a copy of DEAR RAINBOW BABY from Samantha’s Linktree link: https://linktr.ee/sgassmanbooks ,she’ll send you a signed bookplate. And her book will reach more readers if you leave a review.
And definitely don’t forget to leave a comment on this blog post to be entered in the FABULOUS giveaway of a PICTURE BOOK CRITIQUE AND A ZOOM AUTHOR CHAT with this wonderful author!
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Please stop by tomorrow to say hello to Carole Gerber who will be in the Will Write for Cookies house.
VIVIAN KIRKFIELD - Writer for Children 
Congratulations Samantha! I hope this book brings comfort to many readers.
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Samantha- what a beautiful idea for a book, congratulations. I’m sure it will touch many people, very deeply. I can’t wait to see it!
Best wishes, Jennifer
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A loss of one is a loss for everybody. Thank you for the opportunity to share this book.
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What a wonderful way to turn a tragedy into a success. I hope writing this book brought you some comfort and peace.
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Thank you for bringing this beautiful book out to the world. Many families ( including myself) have experience a loss and it is always difficult to explain it to a little one. I can’t wait to see it.
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Congratulations Samantha on your book, and thank you Vivian for spreading the word about it.
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Samantha, thank you for sharing your Rainbow Baby story. I worked as an RN in labor and delivery for 14 years and had never heard of Rainbow Babies. What a lovely thing.
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This looks so beautiful! Congratulations!
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My rainbow grandbaby (born in June after two miscarriages) has brought such joy. So happy for you, your book, and your baby!
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Congratulations on your book. As someone who had the same experience, and the grandmother to several rainbow babies, I’m looking forward to reading it.
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Congratulations, Samantha! So happy you have the blessing of a rainbow baby and a book that will help others in a similar situation.
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What a very necessary contribution to the PB literature. I can imagine this bringing great comfort to people.
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Thank you Samantha for sharing this story!
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Congratulations Samantha on this beautiful and meaningful book. Look forward to reading it.
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Congratulations Samantha (my granddaughter’s name, whose mom had a rainbow baby & myself!) I’m so happy that someone was able to take their emotions and capture them to write! Thank you for this precious book! I wish you much success and the many hearts you will touch!
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I really love picture books that have an important message not only for the child, but for the adult reading it. Beautiful, and such a special story.
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Have a special someone who might find this book comforting. A difficult topic for sure. Glad it had a happy ending.
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