Stoney's Shadow

Something scary is following Stoney. Stoney learns it is a shadow and struggles with the help of friends and neighbors to incorporate shadows in games, finally embracing shadows as playmates. The author believes she saved her sister from experiencing fear when first encountering shadows because she was prepared from reading this book. Now, she hopes this book will help you do the same for the children in your life. Gender, age, ethnicity and family neutral language makes this story equally accessible to all children and families.

Something scary is following Stoney. Stoney learns it is a shadow and struggles with the help of friends and neighbors to incorporate shadows in games, finally embracing shadows as playmates. The author believes she saved her sister from experiencing fear when first encountering shadows because she was prepared from reading this book. Now, she hopes this book will help you do the same for the children in your life. Gender, age, ethnicity and family neutral language makes this story equally accessible to all children and families.

Stoney Nakoda Cooks, b.2007, lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York. Stoney’s Shadowis an autobiographical essay from “when I was young”. She hopes to share her story globally to help others with their fears. Editions will be available in all the languages Stoney studies, English, French, Spanish and Mandarin. A portion of the proceeds from sales of this book will be donated to the International School of Brooklyn.