Kindness

Any teacher with students who squabble when they need to share or who have trouble working on group assignments can use the creative ideas, activities and games from this guide to help bring more cooperation and caring to the classroom. Former teacher...

A story of two siblings who never ever want to share!  Sharing doesn’t come easy to Marcos or Lili. Whatever Marcos has or does, Lili wants a piece of it. They fight over control of the TV remote. They quarrel over who gets to play fetch with...

Penny usually feels left out when she tries to hang with the Silver Coin Clique. The other coins, especially Quarter and Half Dollar who are best friends, do everything together and tell Penny she isn't worth much. One day, Penny lands in a pocket with...

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...

When Cade and his family find out their ice cream order was paid for by another patron, they continue paying it forward, and so starts the discussion of random acts of kindness.  Cade takes this idea and runs with it, showing unexpected kindness to...

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...

PSSSSTTT! Rumor has it... that the girls have a couch in their bathroom! And they sometimes take naps in there! AND GUESS WHAT ELSE? Rumor has it... they have a TV and play video games in there, too! Whether we’ve been the subject of a rumor or...

Is the Tease Monster a friend or a foe? That's what "One of a Kind" has to figure out in this quirky tale that teaches young readers the difference between nice teasing and mean teasing. One-of-a-Kind is truly unique. Made up of multiple colors, One...

A cute, creative story about children and their texts, tweets, posts and pics. Don’t be mean and irresponsible! That’s the straight-to-the-point advice “Screen” has for young readers who are active on social media. Whether...

Amelia just can’t understand why some people act the way they do! Why does her brother cry when it’s dark? (He’s a crybaby!) Why does Kayla take so much longer than her to read anything? (She's not trying!) And what's up with all the...

Winner of the Purple Dragonfly Book Award (Honorable Mention)Winner of the Counselor's Choice Award (Freddie the Fly Series)Winner of the Moonbeam Children's Book Award (Freddie the Fly Series) Our friend Freddie the Fly is having a hard time. He...

Winner of the Mom's Choice Award- Gold Medal Recipient! Kids are cheating! There's too much teasing! Herman Jiggle is so stressed out about what happens on the playground, he renames recess "reSTRESS." Isn't recess supposed to be fun? Not for Herman. He...

Isaac isn’t any ordinary alligator living quietly in the swamp. He’s an INSTIgator!  He spends his days spying on the neighbors and eavesdropping on their conversations. The more he listens, the more jealous he becomes. They have real...

**Winner of the 2020 Counselor's Choice Award!** Sammy wants you to know he’s no blabbermouth. He’s no tattletale. No squealer or rat. He has one golden rule: he never snitches! When Sammy catches his best bud Carlos sticking a wad of gooey...

Mom's Choice Award - Silver Medal Recipient Help children develop emotional intelligence skills in learning to accept and value differences in others! For Blue, the flower patch has always been the same—and Blue likes it that way. Purples hang...

Winner of the Mom's Choice Book Award (Willie Bohanon Series) Boemont Junior High's very own Hugh Ohmee thinks he is the King of Griffin and everyone is there to serve him. Worse yet, he shows a total lack of gratitude for the nice things others do for...