Behavior

Winner of the 2021 Counselor's Choice Award! Braden's parents must think he can't get enough of cleaning and doing chores! It's always "clean this" Braden or "do that" Braden! How will he ever get to bed if he has to clean the whole bathroom after...

Winner of the 2021 Counselor's Choice Award! Braden's schoolwork seems to be getting tougher each year. It's getting so tough that Braden fears it will soon become impossible to get everything done! What happened to the good old days when school...

Friendly Fork Jean just loves her job! After all, who else gets to help families enjoy a meal together? And Jean couldn’t be prouder of how she encourages table manners. But when she interacts with the other forks, knives, and spoons, their...

Part of the Mom's Choice Award-Winning Best Me I Can Be Series!! Banish rude and insensitive comments at home and school by teaching kids in grades K through 6 how to use a social filter. RJ is a youngster who always says what he thinks no matter how it...

**Winner of the Mom's Choice Award Gold Seal** Put an end to arguing or negotiating with youngsters by teaching them how to accept "No" for an answer. Instead of wheedling or pleading, teach them how to disagree appropriately. The steps for each skill...

Part of the Mom's Choice Award-Winning Best Me I Can Be Series!! Share this story with children who have difficulty staying focused long enough to complete assignments or who insist they have a better way to do things! Kids in grades K through 6 will...

Winner of the 2021 Counselor's Choice Award! It seems that the older Blake gets, the more he is expected to do!  Blake's baseball team is having a bake sale fundraiser, and he just can't wait for his mom to whip up a batch of her famous chocolate...

Jasper is jittery, queasy, and panicky. Must be time for school! For weeks, he has fussed, moaned, and sometimes even refused to go to class. He has outbursts each morning, tells Mom and Dad he’s sick, and hides in his room. He uses any and every...

2023 Mom's Choice Award - Gold Medal Winner Holly is having a miserable, rotten day! She forgot her “show” for Show and Tell. She dropped her sandwich on the floor. She had to wait and wait and wait because Mom was the very last car in...

Holly always says how much she loves her family’s fluffy feline, Aunt Gladys. She tells the little kitty she’s the best fur baby in the world. But are her words of affection a genuine show of love? When Holly comes home from school with her...

Multi-talented Brown is the luckiest pencil in the box! He gets to spend most of his time hanging out with the other pencils, who are all different but have something in common: they each have a talent to share with others that makes them a great friend:...

Marcos has lots of ideas about what it means to be an active listener. Unfortunately, they all involve gyrating his body while someone is speaking. If he doesn’t figure out what active listening really means – and fast – he could end up...

Molly’s mind is filled with dread and worry, leaving her shaky, sweaty, dizzy, and queasy. She feels like her body’s riding a streetcar that has completely careened out of control. It’s a feeling that comes anytime she’s about to...

New Title and Debut Author - Coming Fall 2025! After much asking, pleading, and begging, Brooklyn is finally getting a puppy! She names her four-legged fur friend Boss and immediately falls in love with him. Brooklyn soon discovers, however, that her pup...

Winner of the 2021 Counselor's Choice Award! Flexible thinking allows people to think about things in new ways or to incorporate new information into a specific plan or idea. Flexible thinkers are often able to come up with more than one solution to a...

Winner of the 2021 Counselor's Choice Award! Self-control is the ability to regulate one's emotions, thoughts, and behavior and to keep one's cool in the face of disappointment. But when children don't get what they want or expect, they often get upset...