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    Start Where You Are: A Journal for Self-Exploration | Book Spotlight

    Bianca SchulzeBy Bianca Schulze2 Mins Read General
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    The Children’s Book Review | July 28, 2016

    Age Range: 14+

    Paperback: 128 pages

    Start Where You AreStart Where You Are: A Journal for Self-Exploration

    Created by Meera Lee Patel

    Publisher’s Synopsis: Start Where You Are is an interactive journal designed to help readers nurture their creativity, mindfulness, and self-motivation. It helps readers navigate the confusion and chaos of daily life with a simple reminder: that by taking the time to know ourselves and what those dreams are, we can appreciate the world around us and achieve our dreams.

    Featuring vibrant hand-lettering and images that have attracted a large following for her stationery and textile line in boutiques across the country, Meera Lee Patel’s uplifting book presents supportive prompts and exercises along with inspirational quotes to encourage reflection through writing, drawing, chart-making, and more.

    Featuring inspiring quotes from writers, artists, and other visionaries paired with open-ended questions and prompts, with plenty of room for writing and reflecting, this appealing full-color book will make a perfect gift and keepsake as well as being a powerful tool for positive change.

    Praise:

    “A must read”
    —Oprah.com

    “Meera Lee Patel’s uplifting book presents open-ended, supportive prompts and exercises along with inspirational quotes from writers, artists, and visionaries to encourage reflection through writing, drawing, chart-making, and more. With plenty of room for writing and reflecting, this appealing full-color book will make a perfect gift and keepsake, as well as being a powerful tool for positive change.”
    —MindBodyGreen.com“Remarkable, endearing, and absolutely gorgeous. A brilliant travel guide for navigating the nooks and crannies of imagination.”
    —Jessica Hagy, author of How to Be Interesting“I am obsessed with Meera Lee Patel’s work. It’s bright, calm, zen and botanical. All the things I love.”
    —SundayBlossoms.com“Meera Lee Patel is an absolute gem!”
    —RedParka.com

    Ages 14-101 | Publisher: TarcherPerigee | August 13, 2016 | ISBN-13: 978-0997051124

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    About Meera Lee Patel

    Meera Lee Patel is a self-taught artist whose lines of stationery and textiles are sold in boutiques across the country. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

    For more information, visit: MeeraLee.com

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    Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.

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    1. Bianca Schulze on August 26, 2016 1:09 pm

      Congratulations, Crystal B.! You are the lucky winner of this giveaway.

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