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How Miss Prim Goes Wild Helps Families Around the World
When you purchase Miss Prim Goes Wild, you’re not just buying a book—you’re helping change lives around the world.
Let me tell you a story.
A Moment I Can’t Forget
Years ago, I was walking home from work in NYC. Just ahead of me, a mother suddenly began hitting her young daughter in the head. The rough slaps and shoves were likely a public version of what happened in private.
What did I do? I considered running up to them, thought about what I could say… and then I turned into my building, sick to my stomach with anger toward that woman. I did nothing.
At the time, I was working for an anti-domestic violence organization. If anyone was going to intervene, it should have been me.
What I See Now
I’ve replayed that moment countless times, thought about what I might have done differently. I now see that woman not only with anger but with deep sadness. After nearly two decades working with women in desperate situations, I better understand the crushing weight some mothers carry.
That woman had probably been raised with the same violence. She may have been living with an abuser, or abusing a substance to ease the pain. Money was likely tight, and survival was her daily reality. There was no time for picture books or flower dolls. No yard for wildflowers. No emotional space for play. Only survival.
I hope someone braver than I intervened to make sure that little girl was safe. The mother is responsible for her actions and behavior; she can choose another path.
But it’s easy for me, someone who has had the correct paths pointed out to me since I was young, to criticize someone who has never been shown the direction to a healthier way. Most of us here have had guides along the way. But many do not.
A Global Picture
She’s not alone. Millions of mothers around the world are raising children in survival mode.
Our family has partnered with World Vision since those NYC days because their approach creates real, lasting change.
They provide:
Access to life-saving, clean water
Medical care for preventable diseases
Microloans and job training to help families build income
Biblical teaching that helps cast a vision for one’s value in Christ
And it works. In communities where World Vision is active, the tragedies and hardships resulting from life in constant survival mode plummet: child marriage rates, starvation, disease, despair, illiteracy, and violence.
Why Books Matter
Most of us have the luxury of reading with our children.
But around the world, many parents and children can’t. They don’t have the time or the freedom to simply sit down.
Girls walk miles for water instead of going to school.
Families resort to tragic decisions like trafficking or child marriage just to survive.
In the time it has taken you to read to this point, about 40 girls have been sold as child brides.
We can help change that through the purchase of Miss Prim Goes Wild.
There Is Hope
When clean water flows, children go to school.
When parents earn an income, desperation fades.
When families hear they are deeply valued and loved by God, decisions begin to shift.
Hope is at the heart of Miss Prim Goes Wild—and here’s how we can offer it to others.
🌿 How You Can Help
Buy a copy (or several!) of Miss Prim Goes Wild
Each purchase helps fund a water well we are working to sponsor this year, and support struggling communities through World Vision.
👉 Click here to buy the book now
👉 Learn how World Vision is responding to environmental crises, a theme connected to Miss Prim. (Full version HERE.)
👉 Buy Art! Soon, we are launching a new original art collection called For the Beauty, with profits going directly to a new water well. I’m excited to share more. Stay tuned!
Let’s Plant Hope
Most of us will never understand the pain some parents carry—whether across the world or right in our own neighborhoods. Let’s help write a new story.
Your purchase of Miss Prim Goes Wild grows more than flowers—it plants hope.
Many videos are available online that share about the incredible work of World Vision, specifically as it pertains to land management and tree regeneration as a means to flourishing. Above is one that captures some of the details behind it.
DIY Flower Dolls
As Miss Prim opens up her heart to others in my new picture book, Miss Prim Goes Wild, we see her invite the neighborhood children over to make flower dolls. Let’s join in!
Click through the photo slideshow below for each step of the process.
Or watch the How-To video HERE.
Children might not want a tutorial for this because they will already be five steps ahead of us, but here are a few tips for us parents. We’ve made lots of flower dolls and they all look very different. Some have cherry tomatoes for a head. Some use supplies from inside, some are completely made from nature. The rules are loose, friend.
Grab the wilted flowers in your vase, or new blooms outside, and go wild!
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Click Here for the quick How-To video on Instagram
Miss Prim Goes Wild
Learn more about the book and order here from your favorite bookseller!
How to Make a Nature Journal
Just like Miss Prim, discover the wild wonders around you! Use a journal to draw, write, and capture the beauty of nature. I have one child who especially loves having a nature journal close at hand and will periodically run in from the yard to record what he’s seen.
WATCH VIDEO
CLICK HERE to watch a little video with our ideas!
Option 1: DIY Nature Journal Using a Notebook
Supplies:
A blank notebook (lined, unlined, or a sketchbook)
Colored pencils, pens, or watercolors
Glue, tape, paperclips
Small envelopes (for collecting tiny nature finds)
Steps:
Decorate the cover with stickers, pressed flowers, or drawings of nature
If you’d like, create sections with tabs or sticky notes (e.g., "Birds," "Flowers," "Weather").
If trying to go more in-depth with kids, add an observation guide in the front with prompts like:
What do I hear?
What do I see?
What do I smell?
Include pockets or envelopes inside for collecting leaves or petals
Option 2: Folded Paper & String Journal
Supplies:
5-10 sheets of blank or watercolor paper
Hole punch
Twine, ribbon, or yarn
Steps:
Stack the pages and fold them in half.
Punch two or three holes along the fold.
Thread twine or ribbon through the holes and tie a knot to bind them.
Decorate the cover with a print or a nature quote.
Optioin 3: Mini Pocket Nature Journal
Supplies:
Index cards or small squares of cardstock
Hole punch
Keyring or binder clip
Steps:
Punch a hole in the corner of each card.
Clip them together with a keyring or binder clip.
Use each card for a quick sketch or note about something seen outdoors.
What Goes inside?
Consider including some of the following:
A running list of birds spotted
Memories made together outdoors
Your garden plan with lists of local plants you want to try
An occasional photo of time outside together or an interesting nature find
A week of observations (like Miss Prim!)
Quotes or verses about nature
A place to press flowers or leaves
