Charlene Chua

A little girl gives her cat a hug to feel better. Once other animals notice they all want a hug from her!

On her annual trip in her father's 18-wheeler, eight-year-old Jolene is headed to Los Angeles on a six-day road trip to deliver some newsprint with her dad. Just like last year, they tell each other stories and listen to music. They also keep up their favorite tradition: critiquing one type of food at every stop. This time it's onion rings. But this year is also different. Unlike last year, Jolene's parents are no longer together. They split up when...

This story uses metaphor to highlight opportunities that demonstrate kindness.

When Amy's teacher asks everyone to make their own dragon, Amy finds inspiration from one of her grandmother's stories. She rounds up her family to help her.

Being stuck inside with gray rain clouds looming makes a young girl wish for a blue sky day, but when the weather clears up and the yellow sun shines, raindrops give way to bright, bold colors that are worth the wait.

Eyewitness testimony confirms that Oliver is having a pretty lousy day. Oliver gets mad, gets quiet, gets sad, starts to talk, and then really takes charge. By lunch recess, he has the whole class literally bouncing around the playground, as he's discovered the exhilaration of bouncing back from a bad day.

An Inuit little girl, Akilak, tries her best to travel a long distance to gather food with help from her grandmother's spirit.

A little girl named Lala uses red dots to mark what is hers. What will she do when she runs out of dots?

The wind swirls through the farmyard one dark night. It tears around the farmyard, over the meadows, past the pond. It blows so hard and so long that all the animals howl, too. And, in the sunny morning, the animals learn that the wind has played tricks on them. Pig goes, "Cluck!" Little Chicks go, "Neigh!" Hens go, "Moo!" Horse goes "Cock-a-Doodle-Dooo!" Cow goes "Quack!" And, Rooster-well, Rooster goes, "Cheep!" Can the animals work together to...