Collects anecdotes about true-life events involving people who provided small kindnesses and great sacrifices to make a positive difference in the world.

"Billie's class is off to the zoo! She has to stop everyone from being naughty. If only they'd listen to her!"--Page 4 of cover.

Is Bear friend or foe? When Bear finds a chicken frozen in the winter snow, he brings her home to defrost her. As Chicken thaws--um, awakens--she fears that Bear is actually preparing to eat her. Oh no! Will Chicken become Bear's lunch? Or does Bear have a different plan in mind?

Annie Marlow has been through the worst. Rocked by tragedy, she heads to the one place that makes her happy: Oceanside in the Pacific Northwest, the destination of many family vacations when Annie was a teenager. Once there, Annie begins to restore her broken spirit, thanks, in part, to the folks she meets: a local painter, Keaton, whose large frame is equal to his big heart, and who helps Annie fix up her rental cottage by the sea; Mellie, the reclusive,...

Eva decides that warning all the animals in the forest about the approaching storm is a perfect project to prove herself worthy of taking the Owl Oath, but when she stops to help a lost pony and they get caught in the storm, they have to take shelter in a cave, and end up helping each other to stay brave.

In text and pictures, this book tells us how much better the world would be, if kids were allowed to run the world.

"An excited and frustrated boy watches hopefully as wintry weather develops slowly into a 'big snow.'"--

A young girl does all kinds of things around the house to help her pregnant mother, proud that when the new baby comes she is going to be "a super sister."

"Loukoumi's good deeds teaches kids the importance of doing something nice ..."--Cover back.

Peter and Jane like to help in 53 news words including, 'friends', 'before', 'finds' and 'teacher'.