Welcoming Ways: Creating Your Baby's Welcome Ceremony With the Wisdom of World Traditions

by Andrea Alban Gosline, Lisa Burnett Bossi

This enchanting book is the perfect way to welcome a newborn into the world. Tender paintings of babies from around the world are complemented by inspirational wisdom, diverse customs, and rituals celebrating new life. The undated format allows parents to record baby's first year milestones. From the award-winning author/illustrator team of Andrea Alban Gosline and Lisa Burnett Bossi. Nine complete at-home celebrations are described in full detail, including readings for parents and honored loved ones, ideas for making altars and sacred spaces, and activities that allow young children to participate in the happy event. This book is an indispensable guide for families seeking to welcome their babies into a modern world with the wisdom of ancient tradition. Each ceremony is accompanied by a heartwarming illustration.

Genres: Parenting

112 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2000

About the author

Andrea Alban (a.k.a. Andrea Gosline) was born in 1959 in Baltimore, MD but spent her childhood reading voraciously in San Francisco, where she still lives with her family. On a weekly basis, she visited the Merced Branch Library and returned home with a pile of books on many different subjects. She received her B.A. cum laude in English/Creative Writing from San Francisco State University.

Andrea self-published her first poetry book at the age of sixa hand-lettered scroll tied with red ribbon. Today, she is mother to Jake and Lily and the author of three picture books: The Happiness Tree (2009 Florida Children's Book Award nominee); Ten Little Wishes, and Januarys Child: The Birthday Month Book. Her forthcoming debut novel, Anyas War, is loosely based on her fathers childhood as one of the Shanghai Jews. (Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan; February 1, 2011)

Andreas inspirational parenting titles include: Little Moments of Peace; Welcoming Ways; and Celebrating Motherhood, a NAPPA Gold Award recipient.

Andrea is a dynamic speaker at schools, museums, libraries and literary festivals throughout the Bay Area and beyond. She serves on the faculty of Book Passage and its annual Childrens Writer Conference and consults privately with writers of all ages to shape, polish and package their manuscripts.

Read Andreas blog at calmandconfidentmoms.blogspot.com. Visit her websites: www.albanbossi.com and www.redroom.com/author/andrea-alban-g...."