Seasonal collection · Available until September 30
Back to school
New classroom, new faces, big feelings. Five stories for the first weeks of school: being brave when everyone is watching, naming a worry, making one kind choice, and finding that you fit exactly as you are.
5 books in this collection
Books in this collection
Diego's Brave Leap
A Story About Courage and Chasing Your Dreams
On a sun-warmed cliff above the Mediterranean, Diego stands at the edge. Everyone is watching. The water is far below. A back-to-school picture book about the kind of bravery that doesn't feel brave from the inside.
Pawa and the Little Rainbow Cloud
A Gentle Illustrated Storybook About Big Feelings, Self-Worth, and Rainbows – How Rain and Sunshine Make Something Beautiful, for Kids Ages 3–7
Cirro is a little gray cloud who feels heavy and sad after a storm. He believes his tears only make the world messy and wet. But Pawa the wise Sun knows a quiet secret: when rain meets light, something extraordinary happens. Through Cirro's gentle transformation, young readers discover that the feelings that seem like too much are often the very things that make beauty possible.
The Crooked Little Apple Tree
A Story About Worth, Beauty, and Second Chances
The orchard wants only straight, perfect trees. The crooked little apple tree at the edge has been overlooked for years. Until the year someone really looks. A tender story about how worth is seen.
The Butterfly Effect
A Story About Kindness and What It Grows
One small kind thing turns into another, and another, and another, until a whole community is changed. A picture book about how kindness travels in ways we don't always see.
The Sparrow Who Saved the Forest
A Story About Kindness to the Small
When the forest is in trouble, the biggest animals don't notice. The smallest sparrow does. A gentle picture book about how the tiniest acts of kindness can change everything.
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