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Product Description "Buckets, Dippers, and Lids is a well-constructed, inspirational self-help book for young readers. Carol McCloud offers practical tools and tips for happiness . . . Taking a clever and abstract approach to self-help, the book uses imaginary buckets, dippers, and lids to represent the tools that are necessary to attain and maintain happiness. The engaging, instructional text is also conversational and organized. Short, teachable statements are punctuated by questions related to challenging circumstances, including family issues like sibling rivalries and school issues like bullying. . . " - Anita Lock, Clarion/Foreword Reviews This bridge book release in the bestselling Bucket Fillers line takes the concept of bucket filling one step further by adding the idea that we also have an invisible lid. We "use our lid" to protect and keep the happiness inside our bucket. Offering charming illustrations with personified buckets, dippers, and lids, readers learn what gives happiness, what takes it away, and what protects it. This concrete concept helps children of all ages grow in understanding, kindness, self-control, resilience, empathy, and forgiveness. A valuable teaching tool for home, school, and life, this is a stand-alone or companion book to the other award-winning books by Bucket Fillers, Inc. Bucket Fillers is committed to giving 50% of all proceeds to non-profits that serve children and families. For more information on bucket filling or free downloadables and resources, please visit bucketfillers101.com. Publications by Bucket Fillers: Have You Filled a Bucket Today? Fill a Bucket Growing Up with a Bucket Full of Happiness My Bucketfilling Journal Will You Fill My Bucket? Bucket Filling from A to Z Bucket Filling from A to Z Poster Set My Very Own Bucket Filling from A to Z Coloring Book BABY'S BUCKET Book Halle and Tiger with their Bucketfilling Family Buckets, Dippers, and Lids Review "2018 Mom's Choice Award" — "Honorable Mention: 2018 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards—Children's Picture Books Ages 6 & Older" — Honorable Mention : 2018 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards—School Issues," "Second Place: 2018 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards—Children's Non-fiction Books" — "Winner: 2018 Book Excellence Awards—Picture Book, All Ages" — " Buckets, Dippers, and Lids is a well-constructed, inspirational self-help book for young readers. The engaging, instructional text is also conversational and organized. Short, teachable statements are punctuated by questions related to challenging circumstances, including family issues like sibling rivalries and school issues like bullying." —Anita Lock, Clarion/Foreword Reviews From the Back Cover In 2006, Carol McCloud wrote her best-selling children's book, Have You Filled a Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids. It was the first children's book to introduce millions of children and adults to the language of bucket filling and bucket dipping. Buckets, Dippers, and Lids: Secrets to Your Happiness takes bucket filling and bucket dipping one step further by adding the idea that we also have an invisible lid. We "use our lid" to protect and keep the happiness in our bucket. Readers learn what gives happiness, what takes some away, and what protects it. This concrete concept helps readers of all ages grow in kindness, self-control, resilience, empathy, and forgiveness, all leading to a healthier self-concept, more positive relationships, and greater happiness. A valuable teaching tool for home, school, and life, this is a stand-alone or companion book to the other award-winning books by Bucket Fillers, Inc. About the Author Carol McCloud, a.k.a. the "Bucket Lady", has captivated all ages and encouraged them to become daily bucket fillers since her first book, Have You Filled a Bucket Today? was published in 2006.