This inspirational book celebrates (and encourages the preservation and nurturing of) the "12 gifts" that the heavens bestow on all children upon birth--beauty, compassion, courage, faith, hope, imagination, joy, love, strength, talent, reverence, and wisdom. Color illustrations accompany the text.
A collection of moral tales for children which includes selections from Aesop, the Brothers Grimm and the Bible. These aim to inspire such virtues as compassion, honesty, loyalty and faith. This is the companion volume to "The Book of Virtues".
Explains what sharing means and provides examples of different ways that two people can share what they both want, such as taking turns, dividing things, or playing together. Includes information and extension activities for parents or teachers.
Knowing how to listen is essential to learning, growing, and getting along with others. Simple words and inviting illustrations help children develop skills for listening, understand why it's important to listen, and recognize the positive results of listening. Includes a note to teachers and parents, additional information for adults, and ...
First published in 1946, this guide gives touchingly sincere yet gently funny lessons in honesty, fairness, strength, and wisdom. Originally intended for the very young, this is a true classic, charmingly illustrated with childlike drawings, and with a timeless message.
Television personality Bill O'Reilly offers advice for children, grounding his observations in personal anecdotes and stories about friends. As far as alcohol is concerned, after several of his friends once disgusted him with their drunkenness, he swore off drinking for life. He also counsels against ingesting illicit drugs. In the informative sex ...
The authors tackle 40 of today's popular myths, misunderstandings, and misconceptions about God, Jesus, the Bible, faith, morality, and similar life-changing issues. These short, incisive commentaries will steer teens toward definitive answers, and several entries contain creative settings that recount the experiences of Biblical teens like Daniel ...
Defining such important concepts as "fair" and "unfair," along with the true meaning of "cooperation," this clever guide reveals that all of life's important lessons can be taught from just one bite of a cookie. Full color.
My teacher gave me an A... by mistake. What do I do? Teens face tough choices like this one every day. Help's arrived! Whether it's about the use of the internet (downloading music? copying homework papers?) or sports (steroids?), friendship, family, school, or affairs of the heart, kids often find themselves asking: What's the right thing to do? ...
This book is intended for ages 1 to 6 years. The colourful illustrations and simple text make this story perfect for toddlers. Every facet of God's world provides a reason for a child to be thankful: from the glorious sunset to the beauty of the seashore, trees, and flowers.
This collection of stories of generosity is written by children of all ages. These stories reveal the insightful ways children feel about kindness and compassion. There is a section on how the Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia formed "RAK Gangs" as an antidote to violent street gangs.
Now more than ever, parents are told how important it is to talk meaningfully to their kids. This is the book that makes it happen. A revised and expanded second edition, The Kids' Book Of Questions makes it easy to ask hard questions and fun to answer them. Questions to challenge, questions to provoke. Questions to entertain and expand young ...
Before David Ponder ever visited Truman in "The Traveler's Gift," Michael Holder began his journey as the last young traveler to receive the unique gifts of wisdom offered by historical greats. Rewritten to engage the minds of teens and tweens, "The Young Traveler's Gift" encourages and enlightens young adults as they prepare to face the journeys ...
Young people often complain that adults are always telling them how to live. With wit, honesty, and fresh insight, Marc Gellman reveals the greatest message of all the real reason for everything parents say, time and time again, is love. Here are 32 short, lighthearted chapters that will open up an important and lasting dialogue between parents ...
The famous "Family Court" judge has seen disastrous results of people making the wrong choices and draws on those experiences in her book, now available in paperback. Judge Judy presents young readers with questions about situations they face every day, provides a series of possible answers, and asks kids to decide which is the right response. By ...
From the authors of the bestselling "Chicken Soup" series comes this collection of stories about coming-of-age, identity development, and values and character told from the point of view of kids for kids.
A collection of quotes culled from articles, letters, and poems written by the founders of the United States. Contributors such as Abigail Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington reflect on such things as piety, patriotism, honesty, and justice. This book for young readers was adapted from the author's earlier work for adults, OUR SACRED ...
Television's "Judge Judy" offers children advice on how to make difficult decisions. Readers are presented with a variety of moral and ethical dilemmas and then given their choice of four possible responses. Illustrated with b&w drawings.
Growing up in today's fast-paced world can be a land mine for kids. How do they know right and wrong when so much that surrounds them makes so many things seem relative? This book is designed to help children to be thinking in the right direction in terms of right and wrong, as well as give parents and other caring adults a valuable tool to help ...
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