The perfect companion to The “D” Word (Divorce). Families face many trials when parents are going through a divorce. This activity book offers processing tools and strategies to help children and parents cope with this difficult situation. Learn about the Three Cs of Divorce: I did not CAUSE…
How will Herman Jiggle make a good first impression or make any friends if he’s too nervous to even say hello? Whenever he introduces himself, he gets tongue-tied and his tummy flips and then it flops. And then his words get tied in knots! Poor Hermie is a mumbling mess!…
I’m Stretched! shows children just how overwhelming and powerful stress can be as it piles on the pressure and tries to steal our joy. I’m stretched! I have so much stuff to do. Gotta be here…Gotta do that…Where did I put my shoe? I feel like a rubber band that’s…
Award winning author Julia Cook has put together creative, interactive lessons and activities for teachers and school counselors to use with their students. All of them are designed to complement the popular Responsible Me! book series, featuring the much-loved character Noodle! With 25 lessons, educators will have a…
Cora June and her classmate, Wilson, are locked in a battle of wills. Each one desperately wants to be the ultimate decider. They scream at each other about whether to play dodgeball or soccer at recess. They get into a tug of war over a Popsicle. Each wants to dictate…
Cora June is an adorable and perfectly delightful young lady…until she doesn’t get her way. In the classroom, she stops boring assignments. At recess, she dictates the games people play. She even objects to family dinners. Cora June has all the tools she needs to be flexible and a leader,…
HOPE is our children’s window for a better tomorrow. In terms of resilience and well-being, hope is a critically important predictor of success. This story reminds children that dark clouds can be temporary and asking for help is always okay. We all have times when we need to borrow a…
Noodle is always being told what to do. Pull the weeds. Make his bed. Kick the ball a certain way in soccer. Ugh! But he wonders, why? What’s in it for him? Luckily, the adults in Noodle’s life are there to teach him the importance of moving ‘need tos’ into…
After the Ant Hill School is destroyed, a little boy ant is afraid to go back to school. His mom caringly explains to him that sometimes things happen in life over which we have no control, but we have to find a way to keep living and growing. To do…
Bertha Billingsworth (BB for short) is basically a happy person until she has to take a test. To her, the word test stands for Terrible Every Single Time, because that’s how she does on them, TERRIBLE! Whenever I see or hear the word test, The hair on the back of…