Various animals illustrate the importance of keeping a positive outlook.

Happiness can result from exciting changes like getting a new pet, or from smaller events like playing a favorite game or reading a cherished book. Readers will encounter many such joyful situations in this guidebook focused on self-awareness and perception, both key components of social and emotional learning. Through accessible language and photographs, children will learn to recognize when and why they feel happy and how to regulate this healthy...

The concept of an invisible bucket, dipper, and lid is used to teach kindness, self-control, empathy, resilience, and forgiveness, all leading to a healthier self-concept, positive relationships, and greater happiness.

The little rabbit knows how it feels to be happy and how to share this feeling with others. Thinking questions at the back of the book help children review and connect to what they have read.

"The concept of a full bucket is an effective metaphor for a child's healthy self-concept and happiness, most often the result of the encouraging words and actions of parents and others who help a child know they are loved, valued, and capable"--Provided by publisher.

"Follow the adventure of our heroine, the elephant, as she falls in and out of love with herself. Watch as she compares herself to other animals before recognizing the beauty of her own special features and accepting herself just the way she is."--back cover.

Illustrated with water-color paintings and sketches, this retrospective look at his famil'y rural celbration of the holiday season conveys and appreciation for the simple joys of familial bonds over material happiness.

A young girl and her class go on a field trip, complete with a roller coaster, pie-eating contest, and petting zoo, in a book that helps young readers learn to express and articulate happiness.