Pop Finds His Smile: Positive Thinking For Kids

By Aleksandra Bobrek and Cathy Domoney

Can one small change in perspective transform the way a child experiences their world?

Every day, Pip and Pop travel along the same country road, but their experiences could not be more different.

Pip dances in the sunshine, laughs with the woodland creatures and notices beauty everywhere. Pop stays in the mud, watches quietly from a distance and feels most comfortable seeing life from his familiar point of view.

Then Pip asks one important question that changes everything.

From Mom's Choice Award(R) recipient Cathy Domoney, Pop Finds His Smile is a beautifully illustrated children's story about perspective, connection and learning to notice the possibilities around us.

Through Pip and Pop's gentle adventure, children are encouraged to:

- Explore how perspective shapes their experiences
- Recognise positive moments in everyday life
- Approach unfamiliar possibilities with curiosity
- Understand that two people can experience the same situation differently
- Develop gratitude without dismissing difficult feelings
- Discover joy, beauty and connection in unexpected places

Pop Finds His Smile does not suggest that children must always be happy or ignore difficult emotions. Instead, it helps them understand that while every feeling is valid, they may sometimes be able to view a situation differently and discover something they had not noticed before.

More than an engaging story, the book includes thoughtful questions, discussion prompts and positive activities for parents, teachers, carers, counsellors and other professionals working with children.

Verified Amazon readers have praised the book for helping children "look at the world around them with an open mind" and recognise that "there is beauty on both sides of the road if we will only look for it."

Ideal for children ages 4 to 10, Pop Finds His Smile can be shared at home, in primary classrooms, during counselling sessions or as part of social and emotional learning programs.

Sometimes joy is not found by changing the road we are travelling.

Sometimes it begins when we look again.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1686646542
• ISBN13: 9781686646546
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.0" x 10.0"