Sweetie Pie's Tale

About the Book

• "I LOVE Sweetie Pie's Tale!!!!! • This story addresses several things we have encountered with our kids! The racism perspective is actually perfect. We have had kids tell our kids that they simply cannot be siblings because of their different races. We've also got a kiddo that is struggling with this same type of anger and bullying. Her friendships are struggling in the same way this story addresses. The personally relatable issues addressed in this story are especially helpful in healing. Also, I love that the pics will help hold a kid reader's interest--what perfect illustrations. Their stories truly have all the elements of a GREAT story... suspense, danger, rescue, character arches, overcoming adversity or tragedy, etc... and the best part is they get to write the ending. It's a great & very needed book. Katherine Williams Dyche, Therapeutic Foster Parent & Adoption Advocate Nebraska Foster Care Review Board

About the Author

Mary Osgood and her husband, Dean, live in a tiny town in rural Wisconsin with their five children (and five poodles). Three of their children were adopted through foster care and two were adopted after “failed” international adoptions from orphanages in Russia and Ethiopia. Their children’s struggles through foster care and adoption have inspired them to gain therapeutic parenting solutions that enable their family to thrive against many odds. Some of the trainings and techniques that have been instrumental in their kids’ healing process are working with a Trauma and Attachment therapist that specializes in foster care and adoption issues, horse therapy, sensory integration therapy, love and logic techniques, establishing a Reactive Attachment Disorder support group, and creating their kids’ healing stories. Creating photo books and reading and rereading their healing stories has made a tremendous impact on helping their children to process their traumatic pasts so that they can move forward and truly heal. When they realized how rare children’s books on overturned adoptions and other adoption issues were, they felt compelled to use their kids’ triumphs to help other children struggling with the healing process.