{"id":480468,"date":"2025-10-07T13:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/480468\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T13:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:18:10","slug":"sherri-shepherds-new-childrens-book-the-sunshine-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/480468\/","title":{"rendered":"Sherri Shepherd’s New Children’s Book \u2018The Sunshine Queens\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sherri Shepherd is hoping to teach kids about the power of friendship<\/a> through her first children\u2019s book, The Sunshine Queens<\/a>, out on October 7, 2025.\n<\/p>\n

Aimed for ages 4 to 8, the book focuses on four friends\u2014Chloe<\/a>, Jade<\/a>, Zara<\/a>, and Alejandra\u2014learning the value of friendship, as well as teamwork, love, and positivity, while they overcome challenges. Shepherd\u2019s own longtime friendships inspired the book.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThey’ve always been there for me. They’re the queens of sunshine in my life,\u201d says the host of Sherri, her daytime talk show currently on season 4. \u201cSo, I wanted to write a book for younger girls so that they could know, you can do it by yourself, but you’re so much stronger when you have your girlfriends with you. I wanted them to know the power of other women, of other young girls, that could be in their life.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The children’s book<\/a> comes during what\u2019s being dubbed a loneliness epidemic<\/a> for all ages, including children. Research from Girl Scouts of the USA in 2024 found that the majority of girls between the ages of 5 to 13 experience loneliness. It also showed confidence drops as loneliness increases, but friendship acts as a confidence booster.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted these little girls to know you’re not alone. You just have to turn to your left and your right, and there may be a sunshine queen right there who’s shy or who’s a little afraid, and to just reach out,\u201d she says. \u201cThere is always strength in numbers.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The Power of Friendship\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The actress and comedian has learned firsthand the importance of positive friendships, particularly when it comes to parenting her now 20-year-old son, Jeffrey.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were times when Jeffrey was little and I had to go on the road to do stand-up comedy; I didn’t have a job,\u201d she says. \u201cSome of my friends would come and just pick up Jeffrey and watch him for the weekend.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

She\u2019s also leaned on her village for advice on her son’s autism diagnosis<\/a>. That includes actresses Holly Robinson Peete and Tisha Campbell, who both have sons with autism.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI need somebody who understands, who can calm me down, and let me know, \u2018You know what? It’s not that bad. Here’s what’s happening,\u2019\u201d she says.\n<\/p>\n

Along with helping her with resources, Shepherd says they gave her invaluable advice: \u201cThat Jeffrey, in his body, is completely fine; that he will make it through. He’s smarter than what he’s being given credit for, and he\u2019s protected.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also value in opening up about your parenting experiences, something Shepherd does on her talk show. She’s discussed the difficulty of getting teens to talk to parents<\/a> and some of the challenges of raising teen boys<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

She says she\u2019d love to keep discussions going with two powerhouse parents on her show: Meryl Streep, who has four older kids, and Angela Bassett, a mom of 19-year-old twins. \u201cI want to know how that works,\u201d says Shepherd of Bassett raising twins.\n<\/p>\n

Shepherd, who also cohosts the award-winning podcast\u00a0Two Funny Mamas, wants parents to continue similar positive dialogue at home, and maybe children’s books like hers can help.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this climate,” she says, “we have to show our girls that we’re their sunshine queen, that they’re protected, that they’re safe.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sherri Shepherd is hoping to teach kids about the power of friendship through her first children\u2019s book, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3938],"tags":[3444,77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-480468","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115333085091021189","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}