Impulsivity

Winner of the Mom's Choice Award and Counselor's Choice Award! Oscar is a perfectionist with an anxiety problem. He puts pressure on himself to excel in everything he does. That’s why he earns good grades, wins awards, plays sports, performs in the...

2024 Parent and Teacher's Choice Gold Medal Award Winner!! Missing assignments. Half-done homework. Sloppy notes. A backpack jammed full of non-essential stuff: Crusty candy wrappers! A stinky sock! Broken pencils! A crumpled comic book! When it comes to...

2014 Mom's Choice Award Winner!!  "Grass withers and flowers fade every time a bad choice is made."  "What in the world is that supposed to mean?" Trey asked. "Your brain is like a sponge. It has many flower seeds just waiting to grow. Each...

This book teaches young children the importance of personal safety. Concrete examples and positive, colorful illustrations are used to depict the various ways that children can avoid potential danger. Hazards, accidents, risk, strangers. The world can...

It’s never too early for children to learn to recognize feelings of anger, express them, and build skills for coping in helpful, appropriate ways. In this reassuring and supportive book, children learn that it’s okay to feel angry – but...

Everything has a place. Things last longer when we take care of them. Respect, responsibility, and stewardship are concepts that even young children can relate to-because they have things they value. It also teaches simple environmental awareness:...

Dawson is happy whenever he gets to go first, see first, and be first. But he sure struggles when he has to wait his turn! This is the story of a young boy who discovers that when he practices patience, waits his turn, and shares with others, he shows...

*2024 Counselor's Choice Award Winner!**2024 Autism Live! Best Book Award Winner!* Who’s the boss? Awesome Dawson or his BIG emotions? When Dawson is told to turn off the TV and go to bed, he huffs and puffs and kicks the couch. He’s not...

New Title- Available Now, exclusively at Boys Town Press! Dawson feels lots of emotions and knows each one has an important job, including keeping him safe, resilient, and prepared.   But what happens when his emotions take their jobs too seriously?...

Isaac is a second-grader who struggles with waiting his turn to be recognized by an adult. He’s a little impatient, and this can get him in trouble at school and in the world. When a tough problem has him stuck, Isaac blurts out. With patience,...

Spunky, spirited Decibella loves to be loud. Maybe that’s why her name is Decibella? She shouts every time she answers a question, offers an opinion, shares a thought, or makes a request. It doesn’t matter if she’s sitting in a...

She's proud to be the school's biggest tattler, always slithering up to the teacher to rat out anyone who makes a mistake or acts a little mischievous. One minute she's outing Opal the Octopus for doodling, and the next minute she's calling out Casey the...

Winner of the 2021 Counselor's Choice Award! Do you ever get the wiggles? Blake does, a LOT! And when he gets the wiggles, he has a really hard time focusing on the task at hand. So, when Blake is distracted by kids playing in the schoolyard, it’s...

**Winner of the Counselor's Choice Award!****Winner of the Moonbeam Children's Book Award!** Freddie learns an important lesson about talking less…and learning to listen. Freddie the Fly likes to talk and talk and talk. He’s so busy buzzing...

It has the silliest name ever - Unicorn YAK! This super-sweet slushy is made with cotton candy, topped with sprinkles, and is the most awesome treat Cora June has ever tasted! She can't wait to have another one... and that's the problem. When Mom...

Part of the Mom's Choice Award-Winning Best Me I Can Be Series!! Banish rude and insensitive comments at home and school by teaching kids in grades K through 6 how to use a social filter. RJ is a youngster who always says what he thinks no matter how it...