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My Family Is Different
Every parent one day comes to the discussion of how their family is different, whether they are mainstream or not. Join this little girl as she discovers the beauty of the world in a different facet of the jewel that we usually see, and discover what she learns about herself and her friends along the way.
24 pages, Paperback
First published August 13, 2014
About the author
Jessica Marie Baumgartner
26 books93 followersJessica’s motto is: Adventure first, then write! When not running around exploring life, she chases multiple versions of herself (5 Kids) and feeds animal babies. She is also the author of "Reclaiming Femininity," "The Magic of Trees," "Homeschooling on a Budget," "The Magic of Nature," "Walk Your Path," "The Golden Rule," and more . Despite being a walking oxymoron factory: dyslexic-writer, maternal-tomboy, conservative-Pagan, she loves everyone and works for the Right Side Broadcasting Network, Mid Rivers Newsmagazine, and Witch Way Magazine. She is an America First Free-Speech advocate and current member of the Missouri Writers’ Guild and Saturday Writers groups.
Her writing has won:
2024 2nd Place Saturday Writers July/August Poetry Award for, Unexpected Beachfront Property
2024 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Nonfiction Book Award for, The Magic of Trees
2024 3rd Place Saturday Writers President’s Contest Drabble for, Dad’s Making Hot Sauce Again (A National Hot Sauce Day Horror Story)
2024 Saturday Writers Pen & Paint Poetry Contest winner, Forgotten Home
2024 Saturday Writers Pen & Paint Short Story Contest winner, A Capella Memories
2023 3rd Place Saturday Writer’s May Writing Competition for, Hungry Bird
2021 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Walter Williams Award for, Walk Your Path
2021 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Best Poem Award for, Paternal Admiration
2018 Bards & Sages Author of the Year Award
2018 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Children’s Book Award for, The Golden Rule
2018 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Short Story Award for, English Escape
2018 3rd Place Bards & Sages Short Fiction Award for, By the Stars
2018 Story of the Year Bards & Sages Award for, Gold Bands
2018 New Apple Award’s Best Spiritual Book of the year for, The Golden Rule
2017 New Apple Award’s Children’s Spiritual Ebook of the year for, The Golden Rule
2016 2nd place in the Summer Indie Book Awards for Best Sci-Fi Book, By the Stars
Publications that have featured Jessica Marie Baumgartner’s articles and stories: Right Side Broadcasting Network, Sasee Magazine, Extremely American, Giant Freakin Robot, The Foundation for Economic Education, The Vermont Daily Chronicle, Edge of Humanity Magazine, The Conservative New Mexican, The Conservative Woman, Missouri Conservationist, Go 2 Tutors education news, The Federalist, Aspire Magazine, All Things Weird & Strange, The New American, The Epoch Times, The Sedona Journal of Emergence, American Thinker, Pagan Pages, Magic of Motivational Poetry and Quotes, Evie Magazine, Father and I, Woods Reader, Witch Way Magazine, Light of Consciousness Magazine, Breastfeeding Today, New Spirit Journal, Alban Lake Publishing, Conscious Shift Magazine, Witchology Magazine, LitReactor, Buddy Lit Zine, The St. Louis Post Dispatch, Kids Imagination Train Magazine, Mothers Always Write, It’s Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life, Fantastic Tales of Terror: History’s Darkest Secrets, The RAC Magazine, Bards & Sages, Aurora Wolf, Spaceports & Spidersilk, My Wandering Uterus, Guardian Angel Kids Ezine, The Society of Misfit Stories, FrostFire Worlds, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inspiration for Teachers, Outposts of Beyond, Everyday Fiction, The Lorelei Signal, Circle Magazine, Yellow Mama, The Horror Zine, The Witches’ Voice, Blood Moon Rising, Magazine, Bewildering Stories, Spirit One Magazine, Fiction on the Web, Jitter Press, Down in the Dirt Magazine, Beyond Imagination Literary Magazine, Postcard Shorts, Hellfire Crossroads, and Quantum Muse and The St. Louis Examiner (where she used to be a staff member).
Her writing has won:
2024 2nd Place Saturday Writers July/August Poetry Award for, Unexpected Beachfront Property
2024 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Nonfiction Book Award for, The Magic of Trees
2024 3rd Place Saturday Writers President’s Contest Drabble for, Dad’s Making Hot Sauce Again (A National Hot Sauce Day Horror Story)
2024 Saturday Writers Pen & Paint Poetry Contest winner, Forgotten Home
2024 Saturday Writers Pen & Paint Short Story Contest winner, A Capella Memories
2023 3rd Place Saturday Writer’s May Writing Competition for, Hungry Bird
2021 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Walter Williams Award for, Walk Your Path
2021 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Best Poem Award for, Paternal Admiration
2018 Bards & Sages Author of the Year Award
2018 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Children’s Book Award for, The Golden Rule
2018 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Short Story Award for, English Escape
2018 3rd Place Bards & Sages Short Fiction Award for, By the Stars
2018 Story of the Year Bards & Sages Award for, Gold Bands
2018 New Apple Award’s Best Spiritual Book of the year for, The Golden Rule
2017 New Apple Award’s Children’s Spiritual Ebook of the year for, The Golden Rule
2016 2nd place in the Summer Indie Book Awards for Best Sci-Fi Book, By the Stars
Publications that have featured Jessica Marie Baumgartner’s articles and stories: Right Side Broadcasting Network, Sasee Magazine, Extremely American, Giant Freakin Robot, The Foundation for Economic Education, The Vermont Daily Chronicle, Edge of Humanity Magazine, The Conservative New Mexican, The Conservative Woman, Missouri Conservationist, Go 2 Tutors education news, The Federalist, Aspire Magazine, All Things Weird & Strange, The New American, The Epoch Times, The Sedona Journal of Emergence, American Thinker, Pagan Pages, Magic of Motivational Poetry and Quotes, Evie Magazine, Father and I, Woods Reader, Witch Way Magazine, Light of Consciousness Magazine, Breastfeeding Today, New Spirit Journal, Alban Lake Publishing, Conscious Shift Magazine, Witchology Magazine, LitReactor, Buddy Lit Zine, The St. Louis Post Dispatch, Kids Imagination Train Magazine, Mothers Always Write, It’s Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life, Fantastic Tales of Terror: History’s Darkest Secrets, The RAC Magazine, Bards & Sages, Aurora Wolf, Spaceports & Spidersilk, My Wandering Uterus, Guardian Angel Kids Ezine, The Society of Misfit Stories, FrostFire Worlds, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inspiration for Teachers, Outposts of Beyond, Everyday Fiction, The Lorelei Signal, Circle Magazine, Yellow Mama, The Horror Zine, The Witches’ Voice, Blood Moon Rising, Magazine, Bewildering Stories, Spirit One Magazine, Fiction on the Web, Jitter Press, Down in the Dirt Magazine, Beyond Imagination Literary Magazine, Postcard Shorts, Hellfire Crossroads, and Quantum Muse and The St. Louis Examiner (where she used to be a staff member).
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September 17, 2014
Beautiful story about accepting and loving who you are and the traditions you grow up in. The pictures mirror the journey this young girl takes in learning that it's okay that her family is different, because, isn't everybody's?
May 24, 2017
The golden rule is a children’s book written about a girl that feels her religion, culture and family life is different to others. She then explores the fact and begins to learn that every faith has a golden rule just like hers and even though they too, are different, they all stand on common grounds.
It teaches children diversity, acceptance and the ability to respect everyone no matter what faith, culture or background they have.
The book does have quotations from popular faiths and emphasizes on the general message that one should be kind to others.
I found the illustrations to be even prettier than the message, this book contained. I highly recommend it to parents that are looking for religious content and something educational for their child.
It teaches children diversity, acceptance and the ability to respect everyone no matter what faith, culture or background they have.
The book does have quotations from popular faiths and emphasizes on the general message that one should be kind to others.
I found the illustrations to be even prettier than the message, this book contained. I highly recommend it to parents that are looking for religious content and something educational for their child.
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