Encourages readers to accept and love themselves as they are and advises them to be confident, curious, adaptable, and willing to speak up.

When Tanisha spills grape juice all over her new dress, her classmate contemplates how to make her feel better and what it means to be kind. From asking the new girl to play to standing up for someone being bullied, this moving and thoughtful story explores what a child can do to be kind, and how each act, big or small, can make a difference or at least help a friend.

Mizz Lizzie is the busiest bee in town, and she is determined to win the school spelling contest--but after studying all night she falls asleep during the contest, and when she finally wakes up she realizes that she has to learn to stop and smell the flowers.

Advice on how to nurture your best relationships, make your best contribution to the world around you, and take the best care of yourself. It's about loving who you really are--and embracing the challenge to discover your best life ever. Every month O, the Oprah magazine seeks out answers--not just from the most respected experts in America, but also from ordinary women who've accomplished extraordinary things. Whether they're world-class experts...

In a society that allows families to have only two children, third child Matthias joins the Population Police to infiltrate their system.

"Molly Lou's mother encouraged her to speak up when something is wrong, for those who can't, and even when it's hard, and all of that comes into play when a bully picks on a new kid at school"--

"The midlife crisis is the butt of so many jokes, but this long-derided life stage has an upside. What if we could reframe our thinking about the natural transition of midlife not as a crisis, but as a chrysalis-a time when something profound awakens in us, as we shed our skin, spread our wings, and pollinate our wisdom to the world? In Learning to Love Midlife, Chip Conley offers an alternative narrative to the way we commonly think of our 40s, 50s...

Crow tricks Pig by trading him supposedly magic items for food, but in the process Pig discovers the value of hard work, patience, and an appreciation for beauty and joy.