Character strengths are something that we do not talk about much with children, but we should. Cindy Goldberg’s book, ABC…That Sounds Like Me! A Strengths Spotting Alphabet Book is a great way to introduce kids to character strengths. Each letter of the alphabet highlights one...

A Dog Named Trouble Goes to a Forever Home by Anthony Gonzalez is a feel-good story about a huge Saint Bernard. Trouble starts out at a shelter where his new Mom and Dad pick him up and bring him home. Trouble has some anxious moments...

A Peek Under The Big Top is written by Nancy Beaule and Illustrated by Lauren Goldstein. Chompy, Salt, Spud, and Cookie are all excited about the circus being in town. Candybar, one of the gang’s friends, doesn’t want to go. The rest know that if...

Let's meet Mac, the Macadamia nut who was a special nut. His friends Doodle and McNutt agreed that he was a special kind of nut and interesting too. Mac felt hot when it was cold and he slept on the floor at night though he...

Meet Tun Tun, the baby elephant, and Jumbo, his strong and brave father, and Ayo, his wise and beautiful mother. Tun Tun is a forest elephant calf and he visits the lake every day with his family for mud baths, fresh water, and playing. They...

Let's meet the little girl Gabriela, with long brown hair and big blue eyes, in the story A Little Girl Named Gabriela by Debra Christensen. One day her mommy took her to Mrs. Wilson's house. She was their neighbor and Gabriela liked Mrs. Wilson. She...

It was bedtime for Abigail and, as she drifted off to sleep, she went into the rainforest on an adventure. She met Tortoise there and asked him if he was interested in joining her. Tortoise told her that he was always on the move and...

Alycat and Bugsy excitedly began Tournament Tuesday with a race downstairs. Alycat almost tripped on her brother’s lucky golf ball he had left on the steps. Bugsy believed this special ball, with a star on it, brings him luck while playing golf. When Mom, Dad,...

Eight-year-old Reagan is different. Everyone around her is also different. She loves to dance but the other children do not like dancing with her. Reagan loves a special place she calls rocks-water. She feels safe there. She does not feel lonely sitting on the rock....

Through the eyes of a dog, life is full of simple pleasures: a walk to the park, greeting birds and squirrels in a way that makes them scatter, and running at full speed when let loose at the park. Then, upon the return home, snuggling...