For many children, a new school year can quickly begin to feel like a race—a race to keep up academically, fit in socially, adjust to unfamiliar routines, and meet the expectations unfolding around them. But children do not all grow at the same pace, and progress is not determined by who reaches the finish line first.

And so, as families navigate these pressures together, a stable of award-winning children’s books is teaching kids that finding their stride takes patience, perseverance, and courage—and that the support of a trusted friend can make even the most uncertain step feel possible.

In this month’s installment of PR From The Heart’s Empowering Reads for Kids, our John Masiulionis joins Chelsea Lovell in-studio on News 4 Buffalo’s Daytime Buffalo to spotlight Dr. Eileen Sherman’s Friesian and Friends series—Zeus and Ziggy: First Friends, Zeus and Ziggy: From the Ground Up, and Zeus and Ziggy: First Ride—published by Miriam Laundry Publishing.

We encourage you, our friends and neighbors, to support Dr. Sherman’s mission by getting your copies of the Friesian and Friends Series and sharing these empowering reads with your little ones: https://bit.ly/4ydCdQS.

Zeus and Ziggy: First Friends: https://bit.ly/4d6jOwU
Zeus and Ziggy: From the Ground Up: https://bit.ly/4y2fgQi
Zeus and Ziggy: First Ride: https://bit.ly/3SZkVb2

Empowering Reads For Kids: Eileen Sherman, Dr. Eileen Sherman’s Friesian And Friends Series