Diana Hutsell

Skye Squirrel is white squirrel with a special tail. His tail changes colors depending on the emotion that he is feeling.We all have emotions. It is never wrong to feel how we feel, but we should learn to understand our emotions as well as how to manage them.Skye stands for Strength Knowing Your Emotions.In Friend Skye, Skye learns how being a friend can bring lots of happiness.Key to Skye's tail colors: Yellow = HappinessGreen = EnviousLight Orange = CuriosityOrange = CautionLight Red = AnnoyanceRed = AngerBlue = SadnessPurple = PrideLight Gray = AnxietyGray = FearCollect the entire Skye Squirrel series of books.

Is it okay to cry about the death of a loved one? What about being angry or frustrated or sad?After a long-term illness, Starr's father passes, and she is overcome with a lot of varying emotions including anger, frustration, sadness, and relief. Starr is unsure how to act and if how she is feeling is okay or not normal.Starr realized that she wasn't crying. She was trying to be brave, whatever that meant.Okay to Cry is a story about coping with the death of a parent and learning to understand that all emotions are okay.

Imagine how boring it would be to have to stay in the hospital for a long time.Share the Love is the combination of two stories, both centered around a kid who is having to stay long-term in the hospital due to illness. In The Balloon Girl, Carol is fighting leukemia, but she is all about bringing joy to both her life and the lives of the other kids in the hospital with her. Danny, in A Special Delivery, is in the hospital waiting for an organ transplant and loves getting greeting cards. Some kids find out and help him add to his collection.Never underestimate the power of caring children Share the Love is a story about caring, love, and friendship and helping to brighten someone's day.

No one wants to feel helpless when someone they love is sick.In Never Too Little, Christopher finds out that his cousin Ben is sick. The adults keep telling him that he's "too little to help," which frustrates him and makes him feel helpless. However, he's determined to find a way to help his cousin.You're too little kept running through his head. There had to be some way that he could help Ben get better. Suddenly, Christopher had an idea.Never Too Little is a story about friendship, family, and persistence and showing that there are many different ways to help, no matter your age.Includes "Continue the Conversation" questions at the end of the book to be used by a parent or guardian or in a classroom setting.

Christopher finds out his Gram has Alzheimer's Disease. While he does not fully understand, he enjoys and treasures his time with Gram and begins to think of ways to help her remember him and the fun things that they have always done together.

Friendship is based on the person - not where they live or how they dress.Christopher learns that his new friend Derrick is homeless. Other kids look down on Derrick because of this. However, this doesn't matter to Christopher. Derrick is his friend and where he lives does not change the friendship."Now I guess I'm poor. That's what my mom and dad say." Derrick shrugged. "Funny, though, I don't feel any different. I'm still me."A New Friend is a story about friendship and acceptance and basing friendship on the person, not where they live or how they dress.Includes "Continue the Conversation" questions at the end to be used by a parent or guardian or in a classroom setting.

A New Friend is a story about friendship and acceptance and basing friendship on the person. Christopher learns that his new friend Derrick is homeless. This doesn't matter to him because Derrick is his friend, no matter what.

How do you describe a color to someone that cannot see?In Josh Sees Colors, Christopher creatively uses Josh's other senses to describe colors to his friend. Through the use of touch, sound, and smell, Josh is able to understand the differences between yellow, red, and blue."What does yellow look like?""Yellow is like the sun.""But I don't know what the sun looks like."This is going to be harder than I thought.Josh Sees Colors is a story about patience, acceptance, and friendship along with the age old proverb of "where there's a will, there's a way."Written for ages 4 - 10Includes "Continue the Conversation" questions at the end of the book to be used by a parent or guardian or in a classroom setting.