Celebrates everyday courage, including believing in ourselves, speaking out, trying new things, asking for help, and getting back up no matter how many times we may fall. Includes information on how to let go of fear by practicing yoga poses and mindful breathing exercises.

A young aspiring engineer must first conquer her fear of failure.

When a young rabbit quits soccer after a disappointing first game, her family encourages her to keep trying.

A hungry cat gets a job hunting mice at a sumo training center (heya), but once the mice are gone he continues to stuff himself until he is too fat to chase the mice that have returned--so he decides to train with the sumo wrestlers, and SumoKitty becomes a scourge of mice and an inspiration to the wrestlers.

"Once upon a time, high atop the world, there lived a boy named Billy Hightower and the wind. When a new neighbor appears--a girl in a red hat--Billy Hightower can hardly wait to meet her and introduce himself. But the wind has other ideas"--

"Robbie Hammond, the Dulaney Orioles' pitcher, has to persevere through a losing season"--

An extremely confused and frightened butterfly turns to a whale for guidance on how to reach the flowers--and encouragement as the whale advises him to never give up on his migration.

"I said to the Road, Where do you lead? The Road said, Be a leader and find out. It's okay to be afraid or to sometimes wander down the wrong path. What the Road Said encourages us to lead with kindness and purpose and remember that the most important thing we can do in life is to keep going."--Provided by publisher.

Alicia's super-skill is jumping and in the past she has struck out at softball, so she is not happy about the new softball unit in gym--will she manage to get out of hitting, or can she practice enough to get good at it?

As a new student of Taekwondo, Kitten is eager to break a board but Master Cat and her fellow students help her learn to focus, practice, and persevere.