Self-Reliance Books for Kids

'Dana's Finger Is Set Free', will help your child/children to get rid of their thumb-sucking habit easily. "When Dana was a baby she had pacifiers in all kinds of colors, but Dana did not want any of these pacifiers, Dana only wanted her finger..." This is a true story about Dana, a kindergarten girl, that could not take out her finger from her mouth until it became wrinkled and had a crushed nail! However, once her mother transferred the responsibility for the finger to Dana - She had succeeded in her mission and Dana's finger was set free. From the reviewers: "...Vered's mission to inform children and their parents about the dangers and consequences of finger sucking is well accomplished in this interactive story. This is both a fine story and a PLAN! Recommended..." "...The story is interesting and fun to read, the message is significant and perhaps even lifesaving. Sucking the thumb can lead not only to crooked teeth but to unwanted future behavior, such as the need to put something in one's mouth, perhaps cigarettes. In this age of coronavirus, it can lead to a serious illness. In the story, the young child fails to give up her habit of thumb sucking. But then her mother thinks of an idea that may work. And it does. It is an idea that other parents will want to adopt..." In these days of the Coronavirus, where it is recommended not to touch your face, getting rid of a thumb-sucking habit is not only very important, it's a must! Good luck! *Made with Filmora

This is a true and exciting story about two children, two countries and one friendship. "Zhao Yang was born in a great and mysterious country – China. He lived there with his family, in all kinds of weather. Shahar was born in a small and unique country – Israel. He traveled to China with his parents to study, tour and enjoy. One day, they encountered each other on a street in China. Both were licking sweet, pink ice cream. They looked at each other silently and curiously, for not only did they not know each other, but they could see that they really did not look alike – they were so very different. They liked playing the same games, and they cried the same tears when saying goodbye, but they lived in worlds so far apart from each other, worlds in which children live who are so dissimilar and yet so very similar. "Two Worlds, One Child's Heart" was Nominated for DBW18 Award at the category Interactive Fiction. This is a book describing friendship between children from different cultures. Even though seemingly they are different it turns out there are similarities. Gradually their friendship is interwoven between them and along that, we learn some Chinese. The beautiful drawings actually carry us to the Far East": Ran Yagil, "Maariv". *Audiobook is made by Filmora

A story about thoughts, dreams, feelings and the ability to choose. "The world belongs to me and to everyone else. It belongs to all the children, as well as to myself. Each and every child is an entire universe of things, with different thoughts, dreams and feelings they bring. I did not choose who my parents would be, nor did I choose the day I'd be born me. I did not choose the name I was given, nor was I part of anything about that decision. I did not choose who my siblings would be, or the color of my hair or eyes actually. In fact, I had no part of entering into this world, or of anything else before that which occurred. However, I can choose my friends and what to say, I can choose how to behave each and every day. I can choose to do my homework if and when I please, I can choose to give even if I don't always receive..." A story about thoughts, dreams, feelings and the ability to choose. *Audio book made by filmora9 Cover: made with Canva.