10 Read Alouds: Creativity
Watch these read alouds of excellent children’s books exploring the character strength of creativity.
Author Meg McKinlay’s favorite books evoking awe and wonder
Author Meg McKinlay shares the children’s books on her shelves evoking awe and wonder.
Children’s books that build empathy
Here are some books to read with kids in that explore empathy, empathetic characters and relatable situations that inspire compassion and care for others.
Teaching Character Strengths at Home
Learning about character strengths has many benefits for kids, including increased self-awareness, boosted well-being, positive behavior, personal growth, resilience and stronger relationships. Here are a way few ways to teach character strengths to kids at home.
Book Basket: Love
Explore the character strength of love with this book basket of children’s books.
Exploring minimalism(or less is more) with kids
Exploring minimalism and a “less is more” mentality with kids. Recommended books to read and questions to ask with kids.
Book Basket: Well-Being and Meaning
Here are book basket suggestions for children’s books related to gratitude and other character strengths that boost meaning and well-meaning, like social intelligence, perspective and spirituality.
Illustrator Nívola Uyá on the book that made her fall in love
Nívola Uyá shares a book that made her fall in love: Life written by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Brendal Wenzel
Children’s books that celebrate sensitivity
Children’s books featuring sensitivity as a strength and superpower.
Sharon Dennis Wyeth on beauty, imagination and hope in Tar Beach
Sharon Wyeth, author of Something Beautiful, shares her favorite children’s book evoking an appreciation of beauty, awe and wonder: Faith Ringgold’s Tar Beach.
On Awe: Nell Cross Beckerman’s favorite children’s books evoking awe
Author Nell Cross Beckerman shares her favorite books evoking awe, wonder and beauty. Inspire the character strength of Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence.
Children’s books that inspire awe and wonder
Here are some beautiful books that invite wonder, awe and an appreciation of the beauty around us.
10 things creative types do differently—and recommended children’s books
Imaginative play. Daydreaming. Thinking differently. Here are 10 things creative types and artists do differently with children’s book recommendations to ignite and inspire creativity.
Great books for budding musicians
Here are some of our favorite books related to music that reinforce this idea of music as a noble pursuit—something special beyond the notes.
Children’s books about grief, loss and change
Children’s books on loss, change and grief that are honest and inclusive of kids and families of many different belief systems and cultures.
What is strength-based parenting?
In The Strength Switch psychologist Lea Waters points out that we are often more attuned to our kids’ shortcomings than to their strengths. Strength-based parenting does the opposite, focusing first on the strengths that our kids already have, as opposed to weaknesses or what needs to be “fixed.”
When we work with our kids from their highest baseline, we support their flourishing; when we work with them from their lowest baseline, we merely lessen a negative, at best.
Authors reflect on their favorite books on gratitude
A few authors of very beloved books exploring the theme of gratitude—among them, Eileen Spinelli, Jamie L. B. Deenihan, Maribeth Boelts, Molly Beth Griffin, among others—share some of their own favorite children’s books inspiring gratitude.
10 Read Alouds: Prudence
Here are 10 video read alouds of excellent children’s books exploring the character strength of prudence.
10 Read Alouds: Gratitude
Here are 10 video read alouds of excellent children’s books exploring the character strength of gratitude.
Learning about character strengths
Useful books and websites for learning more about character education