Once Upon a Page: Books Bound to Inspire
Give your child the confidence to say, "I made this myself!"
There's a special kind of pride that lights up a child's face when they pull off a recipe on their own. My First Cookbook is built to create that moment again and again, with more than 80 kid-friendly recipes children can make with just a little help from a grown-up.
Every recipe uses simple ingredients and clear, step-by-step instructions written especially for young cooks, paired with bright, full-color illustrations that make each step easy to follow. No cooking experience required. Just curiosity and an appetite for fun.
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Kids ages 6 to 12 and beginner cooks.
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Parents, grandparents, and caregivers cooking together.
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Classrooms and cooking clubs.
More than a cookbook, it's where confidence grows, lifelong skills are learned, and favorite family memories begin.
This book isn't just about crafting beautiful shapes. It’s about shaping lives. Through simple yet profound activities, students learn to manage emotions, explore their identities, and build stronger relationships. Each chapter offers hands-on projects, such as origami hearts for healing, fortune cookies for affirmations, and butterflies for chasing dreams. With step-by-step guidance, thoughtful prompts, and practical accessibility tips, this book equips counselors, educators, and mental health professionals to use this timeless art as a dynamic tool for transformation.
Helping Hands
Helping Hands follows eight-year-old Jamie on a heartwarming journey of creativity, compassion, and career exploration. From baking and physical therapy to sign language and modeling, Jamie discovers how hands can create, heal, and connect. This inspiring story introduces young readers to caring careers while encouraging them to imagine their own potential to make a difference.
This activity book celebrates the everyday magic of our hands - the power to heal, create, and connect. Through inspiring stories and hands-on activities, readers of all ages are encouraged to explore creativity, empathy, and meaningful action.
A heartfelt journey for young dreamers and curious learners alike, it’s a tribute to the small gestures that make a big difference, one touch, one creation, one kind act at a time.
This book is a heartfelt companion for children navigating the loss of a beloved pet. Thoughtfully crafted, this book provides a gentle space to reflect, remember, and celebrate the special bond shared with a furry, feathered, or scaly friend. With interactive prompts, comforting quotes, and creative activities, it guides young readers through their emotions, helping them cherish joyful memories and express their feelings in a healthy, supportive way.
A story about courage, coping, and discovering that the strengths you already have can help you through the hardest moments.
A new diagnosis. A lot of fear. And a little boy who discovers he is stronger than he thinks.
When five-year-old Peter learns he has Type 1 Diabetes, everything suddenly feels scary. Blood checks hurt. Insulin injections are frightening. And Peter doesn't know how he is going to handle all the changes ahead.
Then Peter discovers a powerful secret: he can use the things he already loves to help him cope.
With imagination, happy thoughts, music, and his own special talents, Peter finds ways to turn scary moments into something he can manage. His journey helps children understand that it is okay to feel afraid and that there are healthy ways to cope with those feelings.
Peter’s Special Concoction offers children and families a gentle, encouraging introduction to coping with the emotional challenges of a lifelong diagnosis.
Peter’s Playful Concoctions is the fun-filled companion to Peter’s Special Concoction: How a Little Boy Learned About Diabetes. Designed to educate and empower, this activity book helps children better understand Type 1 diabetes through puzzles, games, drawing prompts, and creative challenges.
From designing superhero costumes to solving riddles, every page celebrates resilience, creativity, and confidence—making diabetes management an engaging adventure for kids and their families.
Join Luci and her friends as they go on an adventure to find a missing robot! In the process they learn the foundational concepts of coding, the increasing capabilities of technology, and the power of persistence.
Digital tools that can transform your practice
Educating students in the 21st century is about more than preparing them for work in the digital age; it′s also about connecting with the whole student and transcending barriers. 50+ Tech Tools for the 21st Century School Counselors provides insightful descriptions of tools that can be used to not only enrich intervention and instruction but also guide decision making, streamline work, enhance communication, and promote happier students.
Sydney is a brave, smart, and beautiful fourth-grade cat who loves autumn leaves and is excited for the science fair, but something doesn’t feel right. A horrible, terrible feeling is keeping her from wanting to go to school.
With support from Papa and the school counselor, Ms. Meow, Sydney learns to talk about her fears and discovers helpful strategies to feel like herself again. This heartfelt story shows that even the bravest cats need help sometimes—and that asking for it is a sign of strength.
Think like a detective and discover the clues that reveal how someone is feeling!
In The Fruit Files, children become Feeling Detectives, using facial expressions, body language, actions, and other clues to uncover the emotions of 17 colorful fruit characters, from the Angry Apple and Brave Blackberry to the Joyful Jackfruit and Wishy-Washy Watermelon.
But this book is more than a fun guessing game. Each fruit introduces children to an emotion and helps them explore what that feeling looks like, what might cause it, and how they can respond in healthy ways. Through interactive questions and activities, children are encouraged to recognize emotions in themselves and others, reflect on their own experiences, and develop practical strategies for managing difficult feelings.
With a detective's magnifying glass, an Evidence Log, and plenty of opportunities to investigate, think, write, and share, The Fruit Files turns emotional learning into an engaging adventure.
Ideal for children ages 5–9, this book is a fun and practical resource for parents, teachers, school counselors, and other caring adults who want to help children build emotional awareness, empathy, and self-management skills.
This book traces the development of the Mennonite tradition from its sixteenth-century Anabaptist origins through its later narrative and communal expressions. Focusing on adult baptism, voluntary faith, persecution, and community formation, the book examines how Mennonites defined belief in opposition to inherited religion and state authority. Drawing on historical scholarship, memoirs, diaries, and conversion accounts, it explores how religious choice became central to Mennonite identity and historical memory.