For ages 3-9...

Samantha's eagerly awaited shopping day with her mom for a beautiful, shiny, new bed was filled with surprises. It began when her mom discovered a potential treasure while Samantha saw only the " dirtiest, rustiest, rattiest, tattiest, yuckiest, ookiest, ickiest, " old bed.

Ultimately, Samantha and her best friend, Jaime, saw not only the beauty in their beds, or in the room which looked like something out of Samantha's favorite picture book, or in the mom and dad who worked so hard, they saw also the beauty in themselves through their own re-discovered treasure.

Pamela June Cohen is the author of the children's book,
Ashie: Lost in the Hurricane.