The mission of the Shining Mountains Press is to provide parents and professional educators resources to better allow children to manifest their own unique Authentic Self. Our line of books is available on our website and we welcome like -minded authors and bloggers to contact us for review copies. Sonnie McFarland is an internationally recognized presenter and educational consultant. Her work has taken her from Prague to China and back to the U.S.A. She was recognized by the American Montessori Society as a Living Legacy in March of 2011. She is the Chair and a founder of the AMS Peace Committee. Dr. Jim McFarland, PhD Northwestern University in Speech Communication has been leading groups of people, especially parent education and human growth oriented encounter groups, since the 1960s along with his teaching and academic responsibilities / researches.