What can one small person do when life feels uncertain and overwhelming?
As change begins happening all around her, Joy the gnome feels anxious, discouraged, and unsure of what to do next. Hoping to find answers, she turns to Glori and the wise animal friends in The Grove, where she learns that even during difficult seasons, everyone has the ability to take positive action.
Through lessons about asking for help, gratitude, teamwork, possibilities, healthy thinking, and focusing on what is already within her control, Joy begins to realize that small actions can create meaningful change for both herself and others.
What Can I Do?, a From The Grove story, helps children explore personal agency, resilience, problem-solving, and positive action through a thoughtful and encouraging story that sparks important conversations at home and in the classroom.
Perfect for readers exploring:
- resilience and adaptability
- problem solving skills
- personal responsibility and agency
- anxiety and uncertainty
- teamwork and asking for help
- growth mindset
- emotional wellness
- social-emotional learning
Ideal for parents, educators, counselors, therapists, homeschool families, and classroom read-alouds.
The From The Grove series is filled with "books for everyone, disguised as children's books." Through Glori the gnome and her wise animal friends, readers explore emotional awareness, identity, resilience, confidence, and personal growth in ways that are approachable for children and meaningful for adults.
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About the Author :
Amy Grove is an author, speaker, and educator focused on emotional awareness, resilience, personal identity, and social emotional learning.She is the creator of the From The Grove series, books designed to help children and adults better understand emotions, self-worth, thoughts, behavior, and personal growth through simple but meaningful storytelling. Her work blends neuroscience-informed concepts with real-life emotional experiences in ways that are approachable for readers of all ages.After surviving a ruptured brain aneurysm in 2017, Amy began a long journey of rebuilding her life, identity, and health. Through years of rehabilitation, research, neuroscience education, and personal growth work, she discovered that many of the tools used during crisis are actually tools all people need in everyday life.Today, Amy shares those lessons through books, workshops, speaking, and educational experiences that support emotional wellness, self-awareness, resilience, and nervous system regulation for children, educators, organizations, and families.Her books are often described as "books for everyone, disguised as children's books" because they offer both child-sized and adult-sized lessons.Amy lives in Minnesota with her Mini St. Berdoodle, Poppy.
Review :
"This book, and its topic, are so timely. The question asked and tools shared are simple, yet impactful, for people of all ages." PG
"Amy did it again! I plan to use the suggestions (as an adult) myself!" SA
