Review: "Hold close only those things that make you smile when you think of them"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 27, 2013
There was a popular song in the 1940s titled "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive." The lyrics explained that accentuating the positive and eliminating the negative was the key to happiness. That's pretty much the message in The First Secret. Young Katerina, her older sister Ios, and their mom learn this one evening in a dreamlike sequence while the magic recipe for happiness is revealed to them by their pet tortoise and a wise old owl. People everywhere used to know the secret, but it had been lost and forgotten over the millennia.The story is about living a happy, peaceful life that's written simply enough for younger readers to understand and enjoy.A review copy of the book was provided by the author.