Tarty and Thea

About the Book

Tarty and Thea Summary Thea is a happy little girl as long as she’s with her bear, Bowen. But one stormy day that all changes when Bowen goes missing and her baby brother, Tarty is to blame. Thea spends a rough, rainy night missing her lost bear and fuming at the brother that she loves deep down. While summoning her courage to get through the night, she finds that deep down is sometimes hard to reach. Yet with the new morning, she discovers a truth- that forgiveness is worth finding,

About the Author

There she is in the park again. There, in the far corner of your eye. She is sitting on a bench, closing her eyes in the sun. She is catching her notebook as it falls from her lap . She is opening her eyes and counting her children; one, two, three, four, five. Now she is writing in her notebook and smiling. Everyday since she was seven, Kelley Tom has awakened to find words waiting for her and the race is on to write them all clown. While she and her husband keep busy raising their five children in Northern California, she never misses a sunset or a storm, or the chance to sit down and . write. Like all mothers, Kelley treasures the idyll of childhood and wishes for a wonderful life .