Carol McCloud

While using a simple metaphor of a bucket and a dipper, author Carol McCloud illustrates that when we choose to be kind, we not only fill the buckets of those around us, but also fill our OWN bucket! Conversely, when we choose to say or do mean things, we are dipping into buckets. All day long, we are either filling up or dipping into each other's buckets by what we say and what we do. When you're a bucket filler, you make the world a better place to be! This 32-page picture book is perfect for children, parents, grandparents, teachers and people that want to teach empathy, nurture kindness and create a positive environment in their home, classroom, workplace and community.

This award-winning prequel to "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?" is the perfect gift for anyone with little ones they love. When children have their buckets filled and learn how they can fill other people's buckets too, they understand how special, valuable, and capable they are.

Growing Up with a Bucket Full of Happiness Carol McCloud is taking the bucket filling message to the next level. Not only does she talk about new levels of bucket filling and bucket dipping, but this book goes into depth about how to put a lid on your bucket. There are examples of how important situations in life need a lid to protect our buckets from being empty. This beautifully illustrated book will offer be a keepsake for children and Full description

"Authors Carol McCloud and Caryn Butzke do a beautiful job of weaving a story of how an individual can be happy using the letters A to Z as bucket fillers . . . Taking a young reader through the alphabet . . . is fun and creative. This is a joyful way to expose a child to new words and positive ways of making one choose happiness over being sad and rejected." - Darin Bodby, Readers' Favorite Book Reviews This award-winning book uses the letters of the alphabet to help young and old see the many, simple ways that they can fill buckets and fill their own buckets in return. When you help children become bucket fillers, you give them the key to happiness . . . for it is in friendship, love, and good will to others that we are truly happy. Bucket filling is easy, as easy as can be. You can fill a bucket all the way from A to Z. Yes, bucket filling is the moment by moment choice to be kind and caring. Teaching and encouraging children to be bucket fillers is one of the greatest gifts you can give to them. Winner of 31 awards and 3 additional honors. For more information on bucket filling or free downloadable sand resources, please visit bucketfillers101.com.Publications by Bucket ·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 ∙BestBucket Filler Ever! God's Plan for Your Happiness

A simple question, Will you fill my bucket?, is fervently asked by children from twelve different countries. Sweet rhyming prose and vividly captivating illustrations delight the senses and express the deep joy and love we hope for all children. Will you fill my bucket? and the responses given will touch the heartstrings of people young and old around the world.

The latest 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.

This easy-to-read, rhyming, board book starts the process of teaching infants and toddlers that they have their own unique bucket inside, filled with love and light. When they are happy, their buckets are full. Throughout life, our bucket level indicates our mental and emotional health and happiness.

Buddy, a boy who lives in the city, can’ t wait to visit his Uncle Frank, who lives in the countryside. Chicken coop and farm animals… there’ s never a dull moment when hanging out on a farm. When Buddy’ s dad drops him off at Uncle Frank’ s, he gives Buddy his allowance. Buddy can spend the money on anything he wants! This will be the best week ever! How will Buddy choose to spend his allowance? Find out through this heartfelt story that illustrates the concept of bucket filling (co authored by Carol McCloud, the author of the Bucket Filler series of books) – acts of kindness that increases happiness for all.

Authors Carol McCloud and Caryn Butzke do a beautiful job of weaving a story of how an individual can be happy using the letters A to Z as bucket fillers . . . Taking a young reader through the alphabet . . . is fun and creative. This is a joyful way to expose a child to new words and positive ways of making one choose happiness over being sad and rejected." - Darin Bodby, Readers' Favorite Book Reviews This award-winning book uses the letters of the alphabet to help young and old see the many, simple ways that they can fill buckets and fill their own buckets in return. When you help children become bucket fillers, you give them the key to happiness . . . for it is in friendship, love, and good will to others that we are truly happy. Bucket filling is easy, as easy as can be. You can fill a bucket all the way from A to Z. Yes, bucket filling is the moment by moment choice to be kind and caring. Teaching and encouraging children to be bucket fillers is one of the greatest gifts you can give to them.

Learning about God's love for them, readers will be inspired to: put faith into action by loving God, loving others, and loving themselves, and do their best to treat everyone with the same kindness and respect they would like to receive in an all-inclusive circle of love and kindness. Since each person is a precious child of a loving God, readers of all ages learn that, through their own acts of kindness, they have the power to fill buckets . . . including their own!

"I bought this as a gift for one of my clients after we had read the Bucket books. She is 11 years old and excited about the concept. I highly recommend it as a therapist." - Reader CommentThis helpful companion to the book, Growing Up with a Bucket Full of Three Rules for a Happier Life , is a journal designed to put bucketfilling knowledge into action and create a happier life for its young reader. In addition to the Bucket Fillers Pledge and the three rules and three laws of bucket filling, the journal features a thirty-day plan for filling buckets for thirty days, which includes eight self-reflection questions and 30 pages on which to record daily thoughts and bucketfilling experiences. This journal is for everyone who is working to be a better bucket filler! 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 ·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∙BestBucket Filler Ever! God's Plan for Your Happiness

You can fill buckets from A to Z! "L is for Listen. Listen when people talk." "T is for Tell. Tell your family you love them." These are just a couple of the many wonderful suggestions that this coloring book offers to children, all while learning the alphabet. Ideal for home or classroom, this 32-page coloring book is a supplement to the award-winning, rhyming picture book, Bucket Filling from A to The Key to Being Happy. Educational and entertaining, this book offers hours of coloring fun as children engage with dozens of pages while learning all about bucket filling!

Through simple prose and vivid illustrations, this heartwarming book encourages positive behavior as children see how rewarding it is to express daily kindness, appreciation, and love. Bucket filling and dipping are effective metaphors for understanding the effects of our actions and words on the well being of others and ourselves.

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Readers will experience and learn about God in a new way - as their best bucket filler ever! They will be inspired to love God, love others, and love themselves; do their best to treat everyone with the same kindness and respect they would like to receive; and work together to create an all-inclusive circle of love, light, peace, joy, friendship, and kindness. They will feel instantly connected to a loving God who created them with an invisible bucket to hold their happiness. Knowing each person has a bucket, readers of all ages learn that they have the power to fill buckets through their own acts of kindness and, when they do, God fills their buckets in return.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 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 Best Bucket Filler Ever!

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"The book takes us to the very personal world of the child, powerfully reminding us that the emotional needs of children everywhere are the same." - Beverley Paine, The Educating Parent A simple question, Will You Fill My Bucket?, is asked by children from twelve different countries. Sweet rhyming prose and vividly captivating illustrations express the deep joy and love we hope for all children. Bucket filling, the essence of being loved and loving others, occurs in those little moments throughout the day when you stop and just listen, cuddle, and play with a child. Will You Fill My Bucket? lays the foundation of the bucket filling concept while introducing the child to the beautiful cultural diversity of our world.