Table of Contents
Introduction xiii
1 Being Kind
The Summer of Saving Peep Yvonne Prinz 2
Winter Warmth Alese Bagdol 5
The Race Heather Klassen 7
Guardian Angel Katy S. Duffield 12
Kid Samaritans Karen L. Landrum 16
The Secret Pals Carla Reimche 20
Miss Feather's Lesson Molly Lemmons 23
My Brother's Gift Emily J. Puffpaff 26
2 Honesty Is Best
Moms Know Everything Emily Rider-Longmaid 30
Oops, I Messed Up Mike Schneider as told to Nance Schneider 32
Vitamins Jaime Johnson 37
What Goes Up Must Come Down Kathleen Whitman Plucker 42
Start with the Truth Michelle Rossi 45
Spelling Bees Alyse Cleaver 48
Stand Up and Stand Tall Karen V. Lombard 51
Herbie, Come Home Terri Meehan 53
3 Having Courage
Help! The Adventures of a Scaredy-Cat Girl Grace Presnick as told to Eileen M. Hehl 60
Saving Mom Laura Ann Lee 65
My Dad, My Hero Moira Rose Donohue 68
Life Is Precious Caitlin Conley 71
"I'm Going to Call Your Mother" Brothers JoAnn Palombo 73
My Big Sister Lauren Durant 77
A Life Saved Rachel A. Maddix 80
The Wrong School Bus: Kate E. Frezon as told to Margaret S. Frezon 83
4 Everyone Is Special
Two Best Friends Gayle Krause 88
The Birthday Helper April Stier 91
William aka Bill Tanya C. Sousa 95
The Measuring Line Beth Savitz Laliberte Harriet May Savitz 99
The Carriage House Victoria Thornsbury 102
Adventure from a Stolen Apple Rosemary K. Breckler 104
5 Doing The Right Thing
Box Puppies Michael Van Gorder 108
The Biggest Surprise Mary Lou De Caprio 111
Responsible Chrissy Diana L. James 115
The Genuine Van Gogh Austin Black Nancy Mikaelian Madey 118
What Kaleidoscope Wanted Most Virginia Kroll 120
Stolen Conscience Brandon Deitrick 123
Happy Camper Margaret S. Frezon 126
6 Being A Good Friend
A True Friend Kelsey Temple 130
The Cool Club Alison Braneim 133
J. W. Alanah Coggins 137
The Girl with a Lot of Freckles Cara Mulhall 139
The Gift of Friendship Ashley Russell 143
A Dog's Love Zu Vincent 145
7 Live And Learn
Lessons in Friendship Tatiana Eugenia 150
A Day in Never-Never Land Teresa Hosier 152
My First Bike Jean Verwey 155
Pelican Watching Donna Getzinger 158
The Purse Amanda Kelly 162
This Is for You, Buddy Christine Middleton 164
The Power of Attitude Melea Wendell 168
What I've Learned So Far ... Multiple Authors 170
Lessons for Sale Karen Waldman 175
8 You Can Do It
The Seed Teresa Sendra-Anagnost 182
Helping Hungry Kids J.J. Kay 185
The Deal Andrea Reese 189
I Will Succeed Elizabeth Jules 191
Swish Ruben Ray Garcia 195
Katie Christopher McConaughy 198
Reaching Goals Emma West 200
Proving Them Wrong Sara Alpert 201
Afterword 204
Who Is Jack Canfield? 205
Who Is Mark Victor Hansen? 206
Who Is Patty Hansen? 207
Who Is Irene Dunlap? 208
Contributors 209
Permissions 215