For Immediate Release

Sara Sgarlat, Director of Publicity                                                                                                                 434-296-2772, ext. 49 ssgarlat@hrpub.com                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                           
A sequel to one of the best-selling children’s spiritual books of all time.
The team that created The Little Soul and the Sun
has brought us another beautiful children’s parable adapted
from Conversations with God.

     The Little Soul and the Earth: I’m Somebody is the first book in a new series of Little Soul adventures published by Hampton Roads Publishing Company and written by Neale Donald Walsch (ISBN 1-57174-451-7), author of the New York Times best-selling books in the Conversations with God series. Walsch’s first picture book has sold more than 120,000 copies, and this lovely follow-up is filled with rich images by the same Parents’ Choice award-winning illustrator, Frank Riccio, who illustrated that previous popular book.

“Wow! What was that feeling?” the Little Soul wanted to know. “It’s that feeling that I would know anywhere. What’s that feeling that I felt when Mommy held me and Daddy kissed me?”
“Love,” her angel explained. “That feeling is called ‘Love.”’
“Wow, that feels good.  How can I get more of that?”
“Oh, that’s easy,” said Melvin. “Just give it away.”
“How do I do that?” she asked. “I don’t know how to do that. Can you show me how?”

     Souls of all ages who read The Little Soul and the Earth or have it read to them will discover a loving God and the meaning of faith, and learn that God never sends any Little Soul to Earth all alone. God sent Melvin, a guardian angel, and a promise that God would always be there – even if the Little Soul forgot from time to time. Experience the world through the eyes of the Little Soul in her first moments after birth as she learns that our lives on Earth are purposeful, that we’re here to experience forgiveness, and that something as simple as how you look at people is a way to give love.  Most especially, children of all ages will be reminded that they know things that adults have forgotten.

August 2005 • Picture Book • ISBN 1-57174-451-7 • 8 x 11 • Trade cloth w/ jacket
32 pages •   For ages 6-12 •   $17.95