Big Change, Better You, Beautiful World

2021 NIEA AWARD FINALIST: Children's Inspirational/Motivational Category

2021 IAN AWARD FINALIST: Children's/Juvenile Fiction Category

An interactive storybook filled with tools to empower readers of all ages to embrace change, all while learning from a wise change expert along the way, the butterfly! Who will you become?

Whether there is a small change or there is a Big Change,

There is a chance to become a Better You.

When you look within and love the journey,

You can make a more Beautiful World!

Be ready to transform-it is a gift waiting for you

Change is happening all around us, all the time. Change can be hard, yet so beautiful! Readers learn tools to support them through changes that life may bring (especially world changes, like COVID-19). The charming, wise change expert, the butterfly, engages the reader to become their best self during the change process. Helpful strategies and talking points for families and educators are included.

Big Change, Better You, Beautiful World is also available in Spanish: Gran cambio, mejor corazón, mundo hermoso

For more connected activities, mindfulness tools, and social-emotional learning skills visit: www.TheButterflyWithin.Me

Lindsey J. Frank, M.Ed. is dedicated to embedding wellness within the fabric of education and everyday life. Her vision is to create and share masterpieces to support, inspire, and transform humanity. Her experiences within education include: District-wide Climate and Social-Emotional Learning Coach, K-8 interventionist, guided reading teacher, 7th-grade pre-algebra teacher, and teaching diverse learners in a special education resource setting. She has an endorsement to support learners with diverse languages and her master's degree is in Educational Leadership in Administration and Supervision. She is a Learning Behavior Specialist, certified in restorative practices, a certified yoga instructor through Breathe for Change, and studied coursework through Mindful Schools. She has her trauma-informed yoga certification through Catherine Ashton's Yoga to Transform Trauma and her children's yoga specialty through Good Seeds Yoga. Lindsey is an active Executive Board Member for the Coalition of Schools Educating Mindfully (COSEM). Website: www.TheButterflyWithin.Me Life Motto: Be generous with your time, go where others are afraid to go, give it all you've got, and love what you do.