Ebook: Chicken Soup for the Kid''s Soul: Stories of Courage, Hope and Laughter for Kids ages 8-12

COVER PAGE; TITLE PAGE; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. ON LOVE; KELLY, THE FLYING ANGEL; THE TOWER; UNCLE CHARLIE; THE GAME OF LOVE; "WHERE'S MY KISS, THEN?"; THE VISIT; THE FIRE TRUCK; MERRY CHRISTMAS, MY FRIEND; 2. ON FRIENDSHIP; THERE'S AN ALIEN ON THE INTERNET; SEEING, REALLY SEEING; KIM LI, THE GREAT; EDNA MAE: FIRST LESSON IN PREJUDICE; THE CONNECTION; THE FAVORITE VASE; A FRIEND . . .; BEST FRIENDS; ALL I WOULD EVER NEED; MY FRIEND ANTHONY; 3. ON FAMILY; NO DAD?!; TERROR ON ROUTE 83; WATCHING FOR THE MIRACLE; DADDY'S GIRL ... AT LONG LAST; FROM THE HEART; A BROTHER'S LOVE.

SECRETS THAT MADE PAUL SPECIALMY GRANDFATHER'S GIFT; SILENT NIGHT, CRYSTAL NIGHT; GREEN SALAMI; GOING, GOING, GONE; YOUR NAME IN GOLD; FATHER'S DAY; MOM'S DUCK; 4. ON ATTITUDE AND PERSPECTIVE; THE BOBSLEDDER'S JACKET; THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS BLACK OR WHITE; WHAT'S WRONG WITH A B+?; JUST BEN; THE GREEN BOOTS; SHOWING UP; THE PEST; A GOOD REASON TO LOOK UP; CLOSE CALL; THE FLOOD; THE MAN WHO HAD PLENTY; THE PERFECT DOG; TO BE ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS; 5. ON DEATH AND DYING; THE PURPLE BELT; B.J.; THE PERFECT ANGEL; SOMEONE TO HOLD ONTO; REBECCA'S RAINBOW; ONE RAINBOW WASN'T ENOUGH.

A NIGHTMARE COME TRUELESSONS FROM GOD; 6. ACHIEVING DREAMS; BELIEVE IN YOURSELF; THE LITTLE GIRL WHO DARED TO WISH; THE PLAYGROUND; DREAMS OF THE CHILDREN; BATGIRL; G-O-O-O-A-A-A-A-L-L-L-L!; WITH EVERY FOOTSTEP; THE ROCK CLUB; SOCKS FOR KERRY; JUST ASK; 7. OVERCOMING OBSTACLES; GRANDFATHER LEARNS TO READ; SCHOOL-MOVING UP; IN CONTROL; THE SANDBOX; WHAT A YEAR; DEAR GOD, THIS IS CHARLES; MISSY AND ME; THE MIRACLE OF LIFE; 8. ON CHOICES; GOODWILL; PUTTING MY BEST FOOT FORWARD; UNDERSTANDING; NINE GOLD MEDALS; WITHOUT A NIGHTLIGHT; NOBODY KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE; THE NEW HOUSE AND THE SNAKE.

I FOUND A TINY STARFISH9. TOUGH STUFF; GET HELP NOW!; THE BIG DIRECTOR; I LOVE HER MORE THAN EVER; DEAR MOMMA; MY DAD; SMOKING IS COOL. ... NOT!; DARE RAP; I'M NOT DANA; NO HOME; 10. ECLECTIC WISDOM; BABY'S EARS; KINDNESS IS CONTAGIOUS; DO YOU HAVE YOUR WALLET?; SMALL TALK; THE DAY I FIGURED OUT THAT NO ONE IS PERFECT; THE LITTLE NOTICE; TEENAGERS; MY GUARDIAN ANGEL; GRANDPA'S BEES; THE FLYING FISH; MOTHER SAYS . . .; WHAT I'VE LEARNED SO FAR; AFTERWORD; READING STORIES: AN ACT OF CO-CREATION; WHO IS JACK CANFIELD?; WHO IS MARK VICTOR HANSEN?; WHO IS PATTY HANSEN?; WHO IS IRENE DUNLAP?

Today's kids face grave issues and harder decisions than ever before. Gang warfare, violence, drugs, alcohol, smoking, pregnancy, depression, and suicide have found their way into middle and elementary schools. Divorce splits apart families every day. These issues make kids feel as if they must understand and accept all the troubles of the world. Now more than ever, kids want and need the inspiration and hope that Chicken Soup for the Soul provides. In this special volume, young readers will find empowerment and encouragement to love and accept themselves, believe in their dreams, find answers.