He and his mom take pride in farming and gardening together, doing everything from raising chickens to growing delicious fruits and vegetables in their backyard orchard.

Mickey, who was born with deafness in both ears, has overcome obstacles to fully enjoy the great outdoors.

His Aqua Cochlear implants allow him to hear and appreciate the beautiful sounds in nature without the worry of weather dampening his day!

Available online and at: Amazon – Barnes & Noble – Michellewagnerauthor.com

Part of the Dance-It-Out! Creative Movement Stories collection by Once Upon a Dance

Interactive movement wrapped up in a charming story of sibling angst, anger management, compassion, and triumph. Fed up with her annoying sister, Naomi storms out of the castle, only to discover a unicorn in need of help. With a sense of purpose, she quickly forgets her anger.

Grown-ups sit; kiddos move and practice dance fundamentals alongside Ballerina Konora, featured on each page as optional movement guide for kids who want to get moving.

“Cheerful and heartwarming, this movement adventure will inspire creative expression through imagination. As readers replicate the actions in the story, they will gain a greater understanding of human emotions and how to express them through both words and actions.” – Mary Lanni, Librarian/Reviewer

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Cindi isn’t sure about this holiday called Valentine’s Day, but after her people pair dress her up like a flamingo and take her for a walk in front of her friends, and her handsome new neighbor dog, Chip, she doesn’t like it at all! She and her BFF, Pitty Pat, have been watching Chip ever since he moved next door. She wants to meet him, but not like this!

Have you ever changed your mind about something? In this outrageously funny story, meet some of Cindi’s fur-friends and find out if she changes her mind about Valentine’s Day.

Cindi’s Chocolate Valentine is an especially SPECIAL book because it features 17 pets that were chosen as winners in the Cindi Features a New Friend contest last summer. As you can imagine, their ‘people families’ are beyond excited about their pets being part of the story. We had over 750 pets, including dogs, cats, rabbits, horses, hedgehogs, and even a chicken, goat, donkey and monkey enter the contest!

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Join Bunster as he finds friends in unlikely places as a celebration of Easter!

Available online and at: Amazon – Mascot Books – Barnes & Noble

The best way to describe my children’s book is first to share the inspirational note that I include in the book, written from my heart, directly to parents.

“This children’s book has been a true labor of love. It grew out of two things. First, I was inspired by a science-based coaching method I use in my work, Positive Intelligence, which is all about ‘mental fitness,’ or the capacity to respond to life’s challenges with a positive mindset. In this way, everything that happens can be turned into a gift or an opportunity.

Second, and perhaps most important, I was inspired by my son who set his sights very high, tried something really hard, and, in the end, fell short and was incredibly sad and disappointed. With the help of an insightful allegory (i.e., the Stallion Story, also known as the Taoist Farmer Story—Google it!), he quickly internalized that it is up to us to decide whether something is good or bad—and accepted that what he had first seen as a failure was, in fact, an opportunity. His openness and resilience reminded me that sometimes kids can practice a positive mindset more easily than their grown-ups. They just need our support and encouragement to know that they can choose their own thoughts.

This book is an attempt to honor our children and spark the beautiful inner wisdom and creativity that lives inside each and every one of them. As they learn to dance with life’s challenges, there’s a lot we can teach them and a lot we can learn from them. And mostly, we can all choose to live on Planet Positive!”

Thank you so much for taking the time to consider this book for your award. In short, I think this book will be a fun, easy way for children to internalize that they always have a choice – they can notice a negative voice or thought popping up in their head, and choose – choose to smile at it, choose to get playful with it and choose a mindset that will have a more positive impact on them and their relationship to the world around them. The thoughts you choose create the world you live in! Given the uncertainty in our world today, this book offers a way of thinking that will help children everywhere to remain resilient and empowered from the inside-out.:)

Available online and at: Mascot:
Welcome to Planet Positive – Mascot Books

Welcome to Planet Positive

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