Books by Ruth Mercy Woroniecki

''Sarah and the Box of Important Things'' is a delightfully charming tale about discovering what matters most in life and keeping it safe no matter what. Sarah journeys through childhood, deciding what to add to her ''special box'' and learns that it''s the simplest of things, often unseen, that are the greatest of treasures. With lovely rhyming prose and enchanting illustrations, this is a story that''ll you''ll return to over and over again. In her second children''s book this year, author and illustrator Ruth Woroniecki captures the profound and timeless truth that "Sometimes the smallest things can be the most important", And that grown-ups can learn a lot from a "box of shells, feathers, and rocks".''Sarah and the Box of Important Things'' will inspire the children in your life to fill their own " important boxes" and teach them to value the beauty of creation and to carry those treasures in their "heart and their mind" so that even when they grow up, they "don''t have to leave the child behind." (Also a great 40th birthday gift for any special young lady who is young at heart:)