About
Brooke Brown is an inspirational Christian author, speaker, storyteller, and advocate who describes herself as “an ink weaver of life, faith and fiction.” Through her writing, ministry, workshops, podcasting, and public speaking, Brooke shares stories that bring glory to God, inspire hope, and help others discover the purpose within their own experiences.
An honors graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, Brooke is also Ms. Wheelchair Arizona 2022, the Arizona State Coordinator for Ms. Wheelchair America, and the founder of Brooke’s Butterfly Touch: Creative Storytelling Services. Her ministry is dedicated to helping individuals give voice to their personal stories in ways that encourage healing, acceptance, understanding, and new opportunities.
Living with cerebral palsy, Brooke uses her personal journey to encourage others facing life’s most profound challenges. Although she is fully able to speak, the spasticity in her muscles makes her natural speech more difficult to understand, so she often uses an augmentative communication app on her phone. Her courage, faith, and creativity shine through her work, making her voice a powerful source of encouragement for readers seeking inspirational memoirs, Christian memoirs, and books for disabled individuals and families.
Brooke’s books, including *Adapt: Discover God’s Purpose for Your Gifts and Limitations*, *The Little Butterfly Girl*, and *Transforming the Heart of YOUR Story*, reflect her belief that every life has meaning, every limitation can be used by God, and every story has the power to inspire others. Through faith-centered storytelling, she invites readers to see their struggles not as barriers, but as part of a greater purpose.
Description
<p>When Jessica Bryant pesters her wealthy parents to allow her to have a dog as a pet, the answer is a resounding "No"; but they soon come to regret their decision when thier home is broken into one evening whilst they are out and their daughter kidnapped and held for ransom. The kidnappers, in the form of four seedy and incompetent characters wearing Disneyland-type masks, take her hostage and keep her incarcerated in a place from which there appears to be no escape. However, they reckon without the resourcefulness of our heroine, and the courage of a wonderful stray dog who comes to her aid and whom she names 'Murdo'. And so begins an exciting and humurous accounting of the couples' adventures together as they consistently foil and outwit the abductors whilst on the run together.<br /> This is a lovely story of the friendship between a girl and a dog, bringing out themes of responsibility, camaraderie, redemption, salvation and self-sacrifice. It includes some wonderful dialogue sequences as Jessica teaches her new four-legged friend how to communicate with her, with additional delightful conversations between the animals when a rabbit and a sparrow join forces with them in an effort to outwit the kidnappers and restore Jessica safely back to her parents' home. </p>
Story Behind The Book
The Little Butterfly Girl* was written to give children with disabilities a story where they can feel seen, valued, and understood. Through Bridget Saunders, an 11-year-old girl who uses a power wheelchair, Brooke Brown shares a message of faith, purpose, and hope for young readers who may sometimes feel limited by their circumstances.
The story reflects Brooke’s heart for helping others see that disability does not take away a person’s dreams, beauty, or God-given purpose. Bridget longs to fly and be free like the characters in her favorite fairytales, but her journey into the world of butterflies helps her discover a deeper truth: her wheelchair is not the end of her story, and her struggles can be part of something meaningful.
Brooke wrote this book to encourage children, families, and readers of all ages to look beyond limitations and recognize the unique gifts God places inside every person. It is a faith-filled story about acceptance, courage, imagination, and learning to see oneself through God’s loving eyes.
