Author Biography
Since her first book, Have You Filled a Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids, was published in 2006, Carol McCloud has authored or coauthored seven additional books on “bucket filling.” With a small team of educators, she travels around the world with one goal in mind: to help create happier lives. Carol is a graduate of Oakland University School of Education (Rochester, MI), a certified Emotional Intelligence Trainer, and long-time member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Karen Wells earned her Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, with a specialization in Child and Adolescent Treatment, from John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, California, and has been a mental health clinician for the past eight years. Karen has taught parenting education to foster parents, incarcerated females and court-ordered families dealing with custodial and behavioral issues. She currently teaches in the Child Development Program at Modesto Junior College in California.
Awards
Winner of:2012 New York Book Festival, Honorable Mention, Children's
2012 Mom's Choice Awards, Gold, Children's Picture Book, Inspirational/Motivational
2012 NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards, Best Book, Children's Interest
2012 Southern California Book Festival, Children's Books
2012 New England Book Festival, Honorable Mention, Children's Books
2012 London Book Festival, Honorable Mention, Children's Books
2013 Benjamin Franklin Awards, Silver, Children's Picture Books
2013 Great Southeast Book Festival, Honorable Mention, Children's Books
2013 Los Angeles Book Festival, Honorable Mention, Children's Books
2013 Great Southwest Book Festival, Honorable Mention, Children's Books
2013 Great Northwest Book Festival, Honorable Mention, Children's Books
2013 Paris Book Festival, Honorable Mention, Children's Books
2013 San Francisco Book Festival, Honorable Mention, Children's Books
2013 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, 1st Place, Picture Books #&8212; 6 & Older; 2nd Place, Cultural Diversity
2013 Teacher's Choice Awards, Winner, Books for the Family