An Oakville mother has transformed her son’s love for collecting treasures at the beach into her debut Sandeep children’s picture book<\/p>\n
Oakville’s newest author, Sandeep Kaur, is celebrating a significant milestone in her career: the\u00a0release of\u00a0her first ever children’s book, set right here in Oakville.<\/p>\n
Titled\u00a0Sartaj\u2019s Beach Treasure, the book centres around a curious little boy who goes to the beach and finds several little treasures\u00a0in the sand.<\/p>\n
Kaur was inspired to write this book while\u00a0following\u00a0her son Sartaj’s\u00a0love of finding small treasures at Oakville’s Coronation Park and bringing them to her.<\/p>\n
“I used to go to the beach at Coronation Park with my son,” Kaur said.\u00a0“He would find stones and leaves and he would say: Mama, I found this treasure for you.”<\/p>\n
Another message that Kaur wanted to present in this book is the ability to stay present and in the moment with your child.<\/p>\n
“This book is about staying present and in the moment with children. Every gift a child gives to their parents is from their heart and this also has a gentle story about cherishing the things children find from nature.”<\/p>\n
The idea of staying present is not just important in regards to children, but also needed for everyone and Kaur wanted to endorse that in her book.<\/p>\n
“We all have so many things going on in this world,” Kaur said.<\/p>\n
“But if we can come back to ourselves in the present and focus on the things that are most important to us now, a lot of stress can fade away because we will be able to see what truly matters to us.”\u00a0<\/p>\n