The Gossip Seed

In this story, the Gossip Seed travels until it reaches a young girl who mistakenly reveals a lie by retelling events which appear before her. Lizzie learns the hard way that everything is not always what it seems. As the consequences of her actions unfold, Lizzie is overcome with remorse. Enjoy this depiction of how gossip can take root and adversely effect the lives of others, even our friends.

In this story, the Gossip Seed travels until it reaches a young girl who mistakenly reveals a lie by retelling events which appear before her. Lizzie learns the hard way that everything is not always what it seems. As the consequences of her actions unfold, Lizzie is overcome with remorse. Enjoy this depiction of how gossip can take root and adversely effect the lives of others, even our friends.

Mary Beth Clark is a former educator whose passion for reading was contagious in the classroom. She developed an idea to create a children's book while reading Nick Vujicic's Life Without Limits. Vujicic explains how to turn a problem into a process by creating something new. She became determined to transform the problem of gossip into a solution for healing. Mary Elizabeth is a native of Florida and resides with her husband and four boys. Her children played critical roles in seeing The Gossip Seed to come to life. She praises her second son Jack, the illustrator, for his brilliant ability to create images that connect the reader to the story, as well as her youngest son Aubrey, whose impeccable handwriting brings life to the printed text.