Elaine Bourret

Written for early elementary ages, Slick Mick helps kids think about what it means to be cool while humorously looking at different behaviors that are "cool" and "uncool." The back matter contains pages for kids to ponder and write about their own behaviors, both cool and uncool, and set goals to help them be more like Slick Mick. The black and white illustrations can be used as coloring pages, further enhancing a child's engagement with the story and it's lessons.

Hector is a little boy with big feelings. With help from his mom, and friends he makes along the way, Hector finds a way to use his imagination to help him face and deal with the often overwhelming world.

As Hector sets off on his first case, he discovers that finding kindness isn't as easy as he expected, because, as his mother said, the good in the world is often quiet and drowned out by the noise of other things. With help from a new friend, who recently suffered a big loss but still has a knack for seeing the good in the world, Hector learns to look for kindness in different ways and different places.