Explaining the loss of a loved one to small children is often difficult. My hope is that this book will serve as a tool to help children gain an understanding about one of the most challenging events in life. May your families receive comfort and healing from the expressions in this book. Love Always.

Over 15 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller **Wonder and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face.And don't miss R.J. Palacio's highly anticipated new novel, Pony, available now!**Auggie & Me gives readers a special look at Auggie’s world through three new points of view. These stories are an extra peek at Auggie before he s...

Emily Post’s Table Manners for Kids isn’t just about manners for fancy parties or dinner at grandma's house. It’s a guide to the essential life skills for children needed to improve family dinners every day. With fun illustrations, step by step instructions, and an upbeat, modern tone, this is the perfect book to share with the 8- to 12-year-old in your life (or with anyone striving to improve their table manners).Pretty much everything tweens need to know about dining etiquette is...

Encouraging children to think about the ways they treat others, and understanding that with consideration, things often work out better for everyone.Visit our website for more eBooks and videos: www.icharacter.org

Feeling angry is normal, but Rita gives us an example of how she learned to handle that emotion appropriately.Visit our website for more eBooks and videos: www.icharacter.org

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    In her debut children’s book, Love Is Bubblegum, New York Times bestselling author and reality TV star Kailyn Lowry explores the meaning of love through a joyful chorus of children's voices. Alternately heartwarming and hilarious, each child’s unique perspective is brought to life with playful illustrations by breakout children’s book illustrator Fuuji Takashi.  

Celeste thinks she is the happiest dog in the world. But when she notices something different about her human, Rupert, she wonders if things will ever be the same again.Charmingly illustrated, this heart-warming story for children aged 3+ reflects some of the feelings and experiences that a child whose parent or carer has depression may face. When it comes to periods of low mood in a parent or carer, children can often feel that they are to blame, or even that the parent doesn't lo...

One pleasant morning in the autumn, when Rollo was about five years old, he was sitting on the platform, behind his father's house, playing. He had a hammer and nails, and some small pieces of board. He was trying to make a box. He hammered and hammered, and presently he dropped his work down and said, fretfully,

Keri is a high-achieving all rounder who upsets her friends when she receives an award at school. Things get rapidly worse when her parents separate and she finds herself alone at a time when she really needs someone to talk to.Then, when looking after her little brother at the local shopping mall, she leaves him briefly and he disappears. Thus begins the worse time in Keri's life. In the attempt to navigate her way through this nightmare scenario she finds out who her real friends...

There’s a whole world of people who find themselves caring for someone and often haven’t been trained on the subject of caring. Even the clinical or technical skills needed to be an effective professional like Doctor, Nurse, Lawyer, Clergy, Human Resource professional don’t always prepare us with what it takes to be present to another Human Being. And its not just professionals; volunteers, neighbour’s, family and friends, anyone in the business of listening, serving and caring for ...

By establishing reasonable limits and nurturing an open dialogue with our children, we can help them become discerning and thoughtful consumers of digital media. We can implement parental controls and passwords to help set limits for children's time online. More important, though, is setting good examples by mindfully unplugging ourselves from the digital space and spending time offline with our kids, providing them with opportunities to have fun and be stimulated by real life experiences....