Have You Filled a Bucket Today: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids

I'm not sure which age bracket this book targets, but I have a friend whose teenagers reference it all the time. Now, my four year-old does too. She now has something she can express when she's at a loss for words and it's difficult for me to get what's bugging her out in the open.

I haven't read the adult version, though it's been recommended by friends. I think I'll stick with this for a while, since it's become one of the most highly-requested books during our evening reading time together.

I would rate this book 10 stars if possible! My 2 &4 year olds love this book because it explains when kids are being hurtful and how they should handle the situations. We end each day by asking whose bucket did you fill (it has even become a part of our behaviour chart!). LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!

My son has shared this book with this classroom, extended family, and daycare. I have used this book in my work with children. The terms in the book are used daily in my life.

A friend of mine mentioned seeing Carol McCloud speak recently at her church. She told me the basic idea of her bucket filling philosophy and I was hooked. I make my living as a corporate entertainer and motivational speaker for corporate events. Corporations hire me to entertain and motivate their employees. I'm thrilled when I see a book like this that gets the message out to young children. If they take Carol's message throughout their life I think the world won't need to hire people like myself to motivate them. They'll already have their buckets full and be motivating themselves and others along the way! There goes my job in 20 years!!!!

After ordering this book I sat my children down and read it to them. The wonderful illustrations by David Messing drew them right in, along with Carol's wonderful story / lesson. It's a story but so much more it teaches them to care for others and do the right thing. It quickly registered with my kids. You could almost see their brains working as the bucket theory kicked in. It's not religious based and there isn't a hidden agenda. It's a feel good, do good, be good kinda book!!! :) We've had this book in our home for a week or so now and my kids keep asking me to read it to them. They "get it" and are being great little bucket fillers. Sure beats the "Santa is watching you. You better be GOOD!" ploy we've been trying for years!

I've already talked to the principal at my children's school and we hope to have Carol give a presentation there. Think the entire school would do leaps and bounds better if we had everyone trying to fill their buckets.

Thanks Carol for putting out a wonderful book.

John Pullum

http://www.John-Pullum.com

Wow! This book brings a very important concept to both children and adults and gives them terms that they can use afterward to communicate how we can be happy and how we can spread it around. My kids loved it on the first read. I took it to our children's school and showed it to the principal and it is now being read and taught at school. I even donated a copy to the book in the bag program and another copy for the library. This is a must have book for kids. Even my 3 year old understood it.