Eli Elephant Works Through Emotions: Practicing Kindness Along the Way

Eli the Elephant has a special day planned with Finley Flamingo until....ACHOO! She comes down with the flu!

From initial excitement and joy to disappointment, anger, and sadness, Eli will need to work through his big feelings, with a little help, of course! In the end, he'll discover that some essential tools, a little gratitude, and a kind heart are the keys to shifting his mindset and making the best of a tough situation.

This insightful, growth mindset children's book full of charming rhymes, colorful illustrations, and whimsical animal characters includes important life skills to work through big feelings. There is also a "Practical Steps to Work Through Emotions" guide at the end of this book with helpful tips and essential tools to work through emotions for both children and adults.

This empowering book that focuses on a Growth Mindset and SEL (social and emotional learning) provides opportunities for discussion and for children to learn about important life lessons and concepts such as:

• Working through tough emotions, including naming and accepting feelings
• Providing healthy emotional outlets
• Practicing mindfulness, deep breathing exercises, and body awareness
• Teaching positive coping skills to help find the calm and manage emotions
• Discovering new perspectives
• Showing empathy and compassion to others
• Practicing kindness and caring
• Thinking about others and fostering friendships
• Learning social skills like listening, comforting others, and more
• Inspiring greatness and wholesome goodness
• Loving others unconditionally
• Being a blessing to others and spreading love, care, and generosity

This is the first of many books in the Pals with Purpose series with more books (featuring other animal characters) coming out soon! This series is designed to spark curiosity, foster lifelong learning, inspire greatness, encourage generosity, offer opportunities for crucial conversations, and empower children to grow into kind, confident, and compassionate humans who practice kindness, embrace uniqueness, and so much more!

This rhyming series makes learning come to life and keeps the reader engaged. Rhyming also teaches children language patterns that help strengthen language development.

This delightful children's book is perfect for children ages 2-7. This series is suitable for girls, boys, toddlers, preschoolers, and primary school students and is a wonderful addition to a children's library as well as a great toolkit addition for parents, caregivers, teachers, and counselors!

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Shelby Stevens is a Nebraska native who currently resides in North Carolina with her husband and 2 children. Combining her love for children, reading, and writing and inspired by her kids, her aunt, and an inner calling, Shelby started to pursue her dream of writing children's books.
 
Shelby has a bit of an interesting career path... Her initial career ambitions were to be a gold medal gymnast, teacher, and hair and makeup stylist (sadly, none of these ambitions came to fruition except for styling a few very trusting friends with some gnarly hair for '80s prom). Under the guidance of family, she then decided to play it safe in college with a more basic business degree (including a stint in political campaign management and event planning), which then took an unexpected turn to Pre-Med/Pre-P.A. After deciding to wait to apply for Medical or P.A. school, Shelby traveled the U.S. as a Project Manager for Healthcare IT Training and Curriculum Development for a few years, then quit to take care of family while owning a photography business. She then dabbled in interior design, moved across the country to marry the love of her life, became a Mom of 2 (her most important job!), and now blogs in fleeting moments of spare time and writes children's books during nap times and into the wee hours of the morning.
 
The Pals with Purpose series (with more books coming out soon) is the first series Shelby created. This series is designed to spark curiosity, foster lifelong learning, offer opportunities for crucial conversations, inspire greatness, encourage generosity, and empower children to grow into kind, confident, and compassionate humans.
 
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