Father and Daughter Chronicle the Adventures of Unconditional Love

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 6 year old writes “Big Sister, Little Sister” with her Father

Father and Daughter Chronicle the Adventures of Unconditional Love

PHILADELPHIA, PA. – With just a few words, six year old authoress Reanna Desouvre and her father Yanatha Desouvre express the deep love that is felt between sisters in her first book titled, Big Sister, Little Sister, which has recently reached number # 1 on Amazon’s Hot New Release list and siblings category. Big Sister, Little Sister is a “cute and relatable story” as Liz, an Amazon.com reviewer described. From the opening lines, “Big Sister, Little Sister finally together,” to the very last page, “Big Sisters, Little Sisters best friends for life,” this amazing adventure in the universal story of the enduring love between sisters is captured for all to enjoy.

Reanna and her father Yanatha have captured the wonderful times Reanna has had with her little sister by writing this book together. Big Sister, Little Sister chronicles the first day Reanna became a big sister and all the days beyond that over the year and a half it is written for all ages to enjoy. Big Sister, Little Sister became the sweet bedtime story that Reanna often read to her little sister. As a parent, you can read Big Sister, Little Sister to your children. Watch the adventures come to life page by page and feel the warmth and joy in this real life story of unconditional love.

 “Big Sister, Little Sister” is Yanatha and Reanna’s first children’s book. Big Sister, Little Sister is available now on Createspace, an Amazon.com company, Kindles, an interactive iBooks version for the iPad and many others. Look for the Spanish and French translations of Big Sister, Little Sister as well. Yanatha Desouvre has written seven books and published three books of inspirational short stories and poetry entitled, "Walk Through this Journey: Volume One,  “"Walk Through this Journey: Volume Two (The Next Step Forward),” and “A Family Affair,” available now at www.amazon.com.

Yanatha Desouvre, a seasoned IT professional, was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Philadelphia, P.A. He resides with his wife and two beautiful children in Philadelphia, P.A. He is currently pursuing his Ed.D in higher education at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his MBA in Marketing and Mass Communication and Media Management at Lynn University in June 2010, and a Bachelor’s Degree in MIS and Marketing at Drexel University in 2001. In addition to his constant writing and continued studies, Desouvre has created several successful mobile apps for iOS devices such as the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touches and Android devices, including: “Pre-K Math,” “Proud to be Haitian,” “Proud to be Jewish,” “Kids Eat Free HD,” “Pocket Poetry,” “i Love My Dog. ” Proud Jamaican “

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4 Qualities of the Most Effective Leaders

4 Qualities of the Most Effective Leaders

- Grayson Goodman – Entrepreneur

Savor the Moments: Inspired by True Stories

By Yanatha Desouvre

1.     Being Engaged – Active Listening

a.     Grayson Goodman is often listening more than he talks

2.     Encouraging

a.     Grayson Goodman acknowledges that there are difficult times however he focuses the solutions and not who is to blame.

3.     Positive Outlook

a.     Grayson Goodman is often toasting “to greater days”

4.     Empowering

a.     Grayson Goodman focuses on the unique strength and values that everyone can bring to situation by empowering those around him.

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UPenn GSE student Yanatha Desouvre recently co-authored a book with his daughter

What are you going to do for your father this Sunday?

Four and a half-year-old Reanna Desouvre already has an answer. She recently co-authored a children’s book titled “Big Sister, Little Sister” with her father, Graduate School of Education student and College House Computing IT Support Specialist Yanatha Desouvre.

The book, which documents several moments between Reanna and her little sister Danielle was completed on March 21 of this year and became available on Amazon on March 29.It has also been translated into three languages — Spanish, French and Creole.

Reanna’s mother, Amy Desouvre, called the book a “wonderful project between a father and a daughter.”

The inspiration for the book stems from pictures of Yanatha and Amy’s two daughters and their desire to “capture the growth of the sisters.”

After Danielle was born, Yanatha and Amy used their camera to document their newborn daughter’s daily life. However, they then decided that they wanted to do something with the pictures they’d taken.

“Because Reanna had started to learn how to read very quickly — and since she loved it so much — we decided to write a child book for her to read,” Yanatha said.

“Since I am big fan of education, I want[ed] to create a book that is simple enough for Reanna to read and also for other children to read,” he added.

After making the decision to write the book, Yanatha and Reanna first had to select the pictures that would work best to tell the story. After each picture was chosen, Reanna used her own words to describe them while her father typed what she said into the computer. “She dictated the production,” Yanatha said.

Yanatha said the best part of creating this book was that it was, ultimately, a project in which the whole family participated. But he noted with a wide smile that there were several challenges he faced in writing this book, in particular that “sometimes Reanna was all over the place because she was still a child.”

In one part of the book, this youthful joy is shown through a picture of Reanna and Danielle “blowing bubbles under the sun.” And when Reanna shows these pictures to Danielle while reading to her at bedtime, she often remembers how good it feels to have written this book with her dad.

“My little sister sometimes points to the book and says ‘That’s me!’” Reanna said. “But she also wants to read it!”

Although Yanatha laughed and said he didn’t know how “Big Sister, Little Sister” became the number one child book in the “Hot New Releases — Siblings Relationship” category on Amazon, his wife Amy said it was because it’s amazing.

“It is a very relatable book,” she said. “Any child who has a sibling can relate to it. It’s not just about Reanna and Danielle.”

Caroline Couture, lead IT support specialist in College House Computing, bought the book for her one-year-old nephew because she thought it was something he would like.

“It’s a great book to read to your children. If you have older children, they can read for themselves,” Couture said. “They can even make up their own story when they get the pictures. It is just a good way to connect with your children.”

“The relationship between the father and the daughter is very unique and I hope fathers don’t forget that,” Yanatha said. “This [book] is definitely a gift for Father’s Day — it is a gift for all fathers.”

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HuffPost Books: A Collaboration Between Father and Daughter

A Collaboration Between Father and Daughter

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Posted: 06/24/2013 1:12 pm

Using over a year of pictures from their iPhones, Yanatha Desouvre and his wife, Amy, started compiling images of their two children partaking in different activities together. Desouvre would eventually bring them all together on his computer with the oldest daughter by his side.

Five-year-old Reanna would dictate the words to her father of what would become "Big Sister, Littler Sister," a collaboration between father and daughter.

"My eldest daughter [Reanna] started to read at about three-years-old while she was attending a Montessori school," Desouvre said. "It only made sense to do [the story] it with her. It would not only motivate her to read, but maybe inspire other children her age to do the same."

Big Sister, Little Sister, self-published by Desouvre, chronicles the first day Reanna became a big sister to her younger sister Danielle and all the days beyond that over a course of a year and a half.

At such a young age, Desouvre felt that it was important to share his daughter's story so that she could express the deep love that is felt between sisters.

"It's never to early to learn to read and love it," Desouvre said. "It's critical to one's success in the future."

Desouvre started writing creatively himself when he was in middle school; he would sale his poems and give them to his peers.

"I use to write blogs on MySpace and had subscribers to my blogs from all over the world, it was a truly humbling experience," Desouvre said. "I only published my first book when a friend of mine, Jason Fleurant, asked when my book was coming out."

Originally born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Desouvre grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., and presently resides in Philadelphia with his family.

He received his MBA in Marketing and Mass Communication and Media Management at Lynn University in June, 2010, and a Bachelor's Degree in MIS and Marketing at Drexel University in 2001.

Desouvre hopes that other children who read his daughter's story in Philadelphia and other cities will become inspired and experience the joys of reading for themselves.

"Developing the book was a family and friends affair," Desouvre said. "My cousin, Antoine Coulanges helped with the translation in French and a great friend of mine Morayama James did the Spanish translation."

Desouvre added that when receiving the very first proofs of the book, Reanna was so excited that she read it each night as a bedtime story to Danielle for just a few hours before falling asleep herself.

Promoting the book has been a challenge without a publishing company's support. Though Desouvre decided to stick with the option because of the full control he was able to have of the story.

"I recommend it for any writer who wants to publish a book," Desouvre said. "With the technology that is out there plus companies like Amazon investing in self-publishing companies, the task of self-publishing high quality great books available to the masses isn't a difficult thing."

With the help of friends, news about Big Sister, Little Sister has been spreading. The children's book has made it to Amazon's Hot New Release in its sibling's category when first releasing in March.

"I am now working on my first non-creative book "Life is about Purpose" (Not a Position) - A Guide to Effective and Actionable Leadership inspired by true life events as well," Desouvre said. "The manuscripts of my other books have been written and will be published soon there after."

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5-year-old co-authors book with Dad

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ROXBOROUGH - JUNE 13, 2013 (WPVI) -- As we come up on Father's Day Sunday, a local dad-daughter duo from Roxborough is celebrating the release of a new book. It's a story about family, by family and one of the authors is just 5 years old!

Reanna Desouvre from Roxborough was three and a half years old when she became a big sister to now 18-month-old Danielle. Reanna is now 5 and she channeled her new role in the family to write her very first published book "Big Sister, Little Sister."

Reanna's co-author is dad, Yanatha.

"The words that you see in the book are actually her words," he says.

Mom Amy was in charge of art and photography: "It's just an amazing journey, having two girls and watching them grow together."

The book shares their story as sisters and as friends.

"I love my sister, she is so sweet."

Amy says it also teaches responsibility!

"I think it's important to get the older one involved with the younger one," says Mom Amy, "because once you have a second child you have to split your time."

Yanatha is a published author, with a collection of inspirational short stories and poetry. He says this was the ultimate family production.

"Being able to work with your dad or your parents is a pretty cool thing to do at a young age," he says. "It's something she will be able to have for the rest of her life."

The book recently hit number 1 in Amazon's siblings category. You can check out "Big Sister, Little Sister" by following this link. There's also aFacebook page set up where you can learn about upcoming readings at bookstores.

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Better Know a LeBow Author: Yanatha Desouvre ’01

Yanatha Desouvre ’01, who studied MIS and marketing at LeBow, has co-authored a book with a very unlikely collaborator — his four-year-old daughter, Reanna.

The book, Big Sister, Little Sister, which chronicles the birth of little sister Danielle Nathalia, is among the top titles onAmazon’s Hot New Release list in Sibling Relationships — and topped out at number one last week.

Big Sister, Little Sister is a labor of love that was born from Desourvre’s iPhone. Sitting in his family living room, Desouvre began transferring pictures of his daughters onto his computer. As each picture flashed on the screen, Desouvre asked Reanna to describe the scene. Her words, which tell a tale of friendship and love between siblings, developed into the narrative. All dad had to do was compile everything and make a few edits for his young authoress.

A native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, who came to Philadelphia by way of Brooklyn, NY, Desouvre is an accomplished mobile application developer who earned his MBA in marketing and mass communication from Lynn University in 2010. Currently, he is pursuing his Ed.D. in higher education at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education.

Desourvre credits Drexel LeBow’s MIS program for teaching him the business side of technology and his marketing studies for helping him build his online footprint and making Big Sister, Little Sister his best-selling book to date (this is his fourth).

“I am very proud to be a LeBow College of Business graduate,” Desouvre says. “Every time we pass Drexel University, Reanna says ‘Daddy, I am going to Drexel like you.’ That brings such a huge smile on my face.”

As for Reanna, who turns five in May, she is now learning how to write. She has even autographed a few books for her mother, Amy, and her proud co-author.

“Her trademark is a happy face with a moustache for Dad and a head of hair for mom,” Desouvre says.

Just think what Reanna will accomplish by age six.

Sweet tooth

He’s an admitted ice cream connoisseur with a predilection for rum raisin and coconut.

He has an app for that

Desouvre has engineeered several successful mobile apps, including: “Pre-K Math,” “Proud to be Haitian,” “Proud to be Jewish,” “Kids Eat Free HD,” “Pocket Poetry,” and “I Love My Dog.”

A Man with a Plan

“My life’s theme is to positively impact your life by empowering others so that we can uplift one another through our daily challenges,” Desouvre says. “I choose to see my challenges as an opportunity for growth.”