The Magic In You!
Sally H. Taylor
Reviewed by Charity R. Bartley Howard
Beautifully painted illustrations and a delightful story fill the pages
of “The Magic In You!” that was not only written by Sally H. Taylor but
illustrated as well.
This 40-page book is a children’s book that adults will also enjoy. It
provides a message that everyone is wonderful in their own special ways
so loving ourselves will help lead to happiness. The words on the back
cover give more detail to the book’s message, “Unless we learn to love
ourselves we will become slaves to the opinions and judgments that
others have of us. A healthy self-image, on the other hand, will bring
peace to our souls during life’s most difficult struggles.”
The writer promotes her first publication explaining, “The book is
about a little flower who gets pushed from her comfort zone. Although
her circumstances are less than ideal, she learns that she has the
power to influence other living creatures around her through kindness,
love and, most of all, forgiveness.”
Since this book features, a flower as the star character and includes a
fairy it may be thought to be geared toward girls. However, when this
book was read to a 3-year-old boy he enjoyed it as well. The
inspirational story and amazing illustrations kept his attention from
start to finish. When the story ended, he recalled a good amount of
what happened. His favorite part was when the flower gets hurt by the
Billy Goat and in the end the flower overcomes everything to show
kindness to the Billy Goat and they become friends. He said that was
nice – a nice message and a nice story. It is a story for everyone.
The little flower becomes truly happy, “because she was free to feel
whole again as if she had never been damaged or broken at all!” She
found her inter strength and found “the marvelous power of love and
forgiveness within her, could make her beautiful and everyone else
would see it, too.”
The message everyone should remember at the end of this story is,
“Within every wildflower a rose is waiting to bloom!”
“The Magic In You!” is from Outskirts Press. Also, she just released
her second book, “The Most Valuable Treasure,” which she explained
features “a small village of people who go out of their way to care for
each other. They also go out of their way to avoid one rickety old
house on the outskirts of the village. Rumors of witches and goblins
have kept the villagers at a distance for years. As the story unfolds,
however, the villagers learn than things are not always, as they
appear, and perhaps they could have been a little more gracious than
they thought themselves to be.