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About Us
Today, the primary mission of Small Wonders Enterprises is to spread Snickerdoodle’s “good news in a nutshell”—to provide activities, products, and resources to entertain, inspire, and empower kids—and delight their parents as well! We believe that today’s kids are truly “small wonders”—and we encourage them to “think BIG,” to contribute their ideas, to help others, to be peacemakers through humor and imagination, and to realize that they are never too little to make a difference! Isn't this what "thinking BIG" is really all about?
We support parents, grandparents, teachers, and all who nurture the spirit and character of children. And although we cannot stop the parade of violent images that pervade the media and our culture, together we can provide our children with positive role models—with appealing, substantive, wholesome images and ideas that counteract negative influences. We can do “small things with great love” (quote attributed to Mother Teresa). And whenever we pay attention to the “small things” that bring opportunities for our children and ourselves to develop self-respect, courage, peacemaking, and service, we strengthen character, put spiritual values into action, and make a difference! About the Founder/Director/Author
"A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful…I ask that [the] gift to every child in the world would be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life." (Rachel Carson, author) |
We celebrate the "power of the little guy"—Snickerdoodle
represents the spirit of the superhero that lives within us all. 
The
company's founder and creative director, Clare Ham Grosgebauer, author
of the Snickerdoodle storybook
series, is a former teacher with a background in early childhood
education. An award-winning writer, her feature articles on
education and women's/family issues have appeared in Working
Woman, American Education, Humanities Report, The Washington
Post, and The
Christian Science Monitor. She has contributed to Time-Life
Books' series on Successful Parenting and has ghostwritten
and edited several consumer-oriented books. She was consultant
for a project
on educational technology
developed by the U.S. Department of Education
and the Council for Exceptional Children and has provided editorial
support services to the American Counseling Association, the
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development's Educational
Leadership magazine, School Library Media Activities
Monthly magazine.
Since 1995 she has been staff editor for the National Art Education Association
in Reston, Virginia.
Clare is a member of the Women's National Book Association,
the Publishers Marketing Association, the Association of Booksellers
for Children, the National Storytelling Network, and the Society
of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. She has been listed
in Who's
Who of American Women. 
