"Chuck and his mom peruse a yard sale when, "A fire truck! What luck!" Chuck loves his new fire truck and plays with it constantly: in the sandbox, in the yard, in the mud. When the pair get messy, mom brings them inside for a bath. But once Chuck is squeaky clean, his fire truck is nowhere to be seen! Chuck looks and looks, and worries it's been sucked up by the vacuum cleaner. Happily, Chuck's mom eventually returns the newly-clean fire truck, just...

Happiness is a character which comes and goes, and is sometimes hard to find, but frequently it begins with your family and friends, and it can lead you home.

When a lion cub gets in trouble for fighting with his younger sister, he storms off and the other jungle animals try to help him figure out how to handle his anger.

"A group of kids express a multitude of feelings and discover they are not alone"--

"Some days I feel so wild and brave and some days I feel small. There are so many ways to be when you're as BIG inside as me" --

"Mañana quizás haya cambios atemorizantes, raros o inquietantes. Mañana quizás sea un buen día para empezar a aceptarte."--

Middle-schooler Sonali cannot bring herself to share her feelings, but when she wakes up one day and begins to involuntarily burst into Bollywood song and dance routines that showcase her emotions, she realizes she has to find her voice and share her feelings.

"Rajiv has feelings for everything. He can feel confident. He can feel happy. He can feel silly. But today, he feels angry, and he doesn't know why. With the help of his father, he sets out on a journey to make sense of his feelings. It is a journey that will take him to a park, then up into the branches of a tree, and from there all the way to the stars . . ."--

"The child in this story observes the sun by playing with her shadow, though sometimes it disappears. She listens to the wind tell stories, even when it howls like wolves. She tastes snowflakes -- sometimes sweet and delicate; other times sharp on her cheeks. And finally, she finds hope in the buds on a cherry tree that survive through the winter to blossom in spring."--

Braden delivers drama to every minor misunderstanding, grievance and annoyance in his life! Will he learn to keep his cool in the face of disappointment, or will every discouraging moment send him into an emotional meltdown? See what lessons he learns in this fast-paced story about the perils of overreacting and losing self-control.--Publisher.