Author, musician, horse trainer, and experiential teacher, Julie Penshorn, combines her unique skills in an effort to bring more peace into the world, one child, one story, one song, and one relationship at a time. Her children's books provide key life-skills for young children while engaging their interest.

Young and old alike benefit from her books which provide every-day, practical tools for coping with life's challenges and traumas. Penshorn guides parents, grandparents, teachers, and mentors toward deeper and healthier relationships with the children in their lives, as they explore together.

In her brand new book, released on September 21st, titled "I Can See Peace," resilient children celebrate the peace all around them, even though they experience anger, loneliness, sickness, and depression. This book won the Human Relations Indie Peace Book of the Year Award for 2018, judged against all categories of books, and has a 5-star seal from Readers' Favorite book club.

Her 2017 release, "The Barnyard Buddies STOP for Peace," introduces a creative conflict resolution process that focuses on stopping before acting, and uses four age-appropriate steps for working out problems. Penshorn has written and recorded music to support the themes in both books. More information is available at www.smarttoolsforlife.com.