Stuttering Sue · Susie Smith Offenbacker — Award-Winning Author
Stuttering Sue book cover by Susie Smith Offenbacker. A young girl with brown hair sits cross-legged on a beach writing in a journal, with sunflowers beside her and the ocean behind.
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Award-Winning Faith-Based Children's Book · Ages 7–10

Stuttering Sue: What I Have to Say Is Worth the Wait!

"Sometimes I stutter, sometimes I don't — but what I have to say matters most."

A heartfelt story about a girl who stutters — and discovers that her voice is not a weakness, it is a gift. Complete with affirmations, therapeutic guidance, and faith-based hope that reminds every reader: your voice matters, no matter how long it takes to say it.

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Spring 2026 · Kingdom Book Awards

Susie Smith Offenbacker is now an award-winning author.

Stuttering Sue: What I Have to Say Is Worth the Wait! has been named the Kingdom Children Impact Award Winner at the Spring 2026 Kingdom Book Awards — a national honor recognizing children's books that plant seeds of faith, identity, and truth in the next generation.

Susie Smith Offenbacker holding her Kingdom Children Impact Award trophy and a copy of Stuttering Sue, wearing the Kingdom Book Awards finalist medal.
Winner · Kingdom Children Impact Award
The Kingdom Book Awards stage screen announcing Susie Smith Offenbacker as the Kingdom Children Impact Award Winner, with the Stuttering Sue book cover displayed.
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Susie Smith Offenbacker being interviewed on the Kingdom Book Awards red carpet, holding the Stuttering Sue book in front of the official step-and-repeat backdrop.
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About the Kingdom Children Impact Award

A National Faith-Based Book Honor

The Kingdom Book Awards were founded by bestselling authors Daniella and Patricio Ordonez through their Tell Your Story Coaching and Network for the Kingdom platforms. In 2025, the program was recognized as the Best Faith-Based Book Awards in the U.S. by Evergreen Awards — quickly establishing itself as one of the most respected honors in Christian publishing.

Each book is reviewed by a panel of Christian authors, editors, and ministry leaders, and judged on writing, design, and Kingdom impact. The Kingdom Children Impact Award is given specifically to:

"Children's books that plant seeds of faith, identity, and truth in the next generation with clarity and creativity."

That description is the heart of Stuttering Sue. A story written by a former stutterer for every child still searching for their voice — woven with affirmations, therapeutic guidance, and the quiet promise that what you have to say is worth the wait. Being chosen for this honor is confirmation that Sue's message is reaching the children, parents, teachers, and therapists it was written for.

Susie Smith Offenbacker, author of Stuttering Sue.

About the Author

Susie Smith Offenbacker

Seeker. Singer. Writer. Encourager. A woman who found power in the pause.

Susie Smith Offenbacker is an award-winning author, certified life coach, real estate investor, and mother of three amazing adult children who brings a deep well of lived experience to everything she creates. Born and raised in Texas and now living in New Jersey, she is a journaling soul who finds magic in seashells, stories, and second chances.

"God lives at all the beaches of the world at the same time — and He sees beauty in what's been broken and rebuilt, including me."

A former stutterer who still sometimes finds herself in a stutter, Susie gently reminds herself to breathe — and finds power in the pause. Stuttering Sue is her award-winning debut, written to uplift every child struggling to find their voice, and to remind every reader that what they have to say is worth the wait.

About the Book

A Story About Finding Your Voice

All Sue wants to do is run away. But she doesn't.

Sue knows what it feels like to open her mouth and have the words refuse to come — to feel the stares, the waiting, the heat rising in her face. She wants to disappear. But her mother knows something Sue hasn't learned yet: the pause isn't the problem. The pause is where the power is.

Through singing, acting, faith, and the gentle wisdom of her mother, Sue moves through her stutter and discovers something extraordinary — her voice was never broken. It was just waiting for the right moment. And when she finally speaks, she learns the truth: her stutter isn't something to overcome. It's something that makes her brave.

Complete with affirmations and therapeutic guidance, Stuttering Sue is designed to be read together — by parents and children, teachers and students, speech therapists and the kids they serve. Every page is an invitation to breathe, to believe, and to speak.

Sue's Journey

Pause · Breathe · Speak

The arc at the heart of every page

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Stage One

The Pause

Sue feels the stutter coming. She wants to hide. The words won't come and the world feels too loud. But pausing isn't failing — it's the beginning of something brave.

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Stage Two

Breathe

Through her mother's wisdom, her faith, and the rhythm of singing, Sue learns to breathe through the fear. The breath becomes her anchor and her bridge.

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Stage Three

Courage

She doesn't wait until she's not scared. She speaks anyway. Courage isn't the absence of the stutter — it's choosing to speak in spite of it. Sue discovers she was brave before she knew it.

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Stage Four

Speak

"What I have to say is worth the wait." Her stutter isn't her limitation — it's her superpower. Her voice always mattered. It just needed the right moment to be heard.

What Readers Are Saying

Every Child's Voice Matters

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

So proud and inspired to see a book written for the innocent who are easy to be bullied because of stuttering. I believe this book will inspire many across the globe that all is ok and all will be just fine. Absolute must buy!

Amazon Verified Reader

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

A beautiful story that speaks directly to children who stutter — and to everyone who loves them. The message is powerful: your voice matters, no matter how long it takes to say it.

Reader Review

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

The affirmations and therapeutic guidance woven through the story make this a gift for parents, teachers, and therapists alike. Susie's own experience makes every word feel true.

Reader Review

What's Next

This Is Just the Beginning

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Coming Soon

The Stuttering Sue Workbook

A companion workbook with exercises, affirmations, and therapeutic activities to walk through the Pause · Breathe · Speak journey alongside the book.

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In Development

The Stuttering Sue App

An interactive app with breathing exercises, affirmation tools, and guided activities designed for children who stutter and the adults who support them.

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Coming Soon

More Books in the Series

Stuttering Sue is just the first story. More books in the series are planned — each one following a child finding their voice in a different way.

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Launching Soon

Susie's Blog

Stories, reflections, and resources for families, educators, speech therapists, and anyone walking alongside a child who stutters.

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