Susan Bame Hoover

Susan Bame Hoover grew up just across the road from the big red bank barn that sheltered her church's "Heifer Project" baby cows. As a toddler Susan loved going to the "church barn" and petting the calves -- some of which came from her own back yard, donated by her parents. Susan just always knew about Heifer Project, and realized that her own children were growing up not knowing about what Heifer International stood for and how it started -- and from those beginnings, "Faith the Cow" came to be.

Faith the Cow is the true story of Dan West and how he and a group of farmers worked together to create peace in the world. As the old saying goes, "Give a man a fish and he can eat for a day; teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime."

Heifer Project International started out teaching people "how to fish" by donating a young pregnant cow -- a heifer -- to someone in need. When the cow gave birth, the cow provided milk to the family in need; the family receiving the cow then became a donor to a neighbor, donating the new calf and teaching the neighbor how to feed and care for the calf. In this way the "recipient" also becomes the "donor."

"Faith the Cow" is the winner of the Silver Angel Award for excellence in children's books in 1995, and was nominated for the Ben Franklin Award in 1995.

Recommended for children aged 2-7; prized by parents and grandparents of all ages.

Currently Susan is facilitating Native family team meetings in Sioux City, Iowa, where she teaches people how to work together to create peace in their own lives. Visit Susan's blogs: https://fullcirclemediation.wordpress.com/ & http://communitycircles.wordpress.com/ & http://redbirdonabranch.wordpress.com/