When Zach shoves his little brother to the floor, he knows he did something wrong. Even so, it's hard to apologize-especially when Alex kind of deserved it! Like any seven-year-old, Zach tries to ignore the problem, but finally, with his mom's help, he learns the four steps to apologizing: 1) say what you did; 2) say how it made the other person feel; 3) say what you could have done instead; 4) make it up to the person. The apology strategy is presented...

"When popular kids start bullying Zach's best friend, he's not sure what to do. He wants to stand up for Sonya -but what if those kids bully him, too? Every day the problem gets worse. Will Zach have the courage to do something? Cheer on this brave upstander as he finds a way for everyone to feel better."--Back cover.

"Zach has set a goal for himself--to get across the tricky trapeze rings on the playground. Every time he tries, he falls off before making it to the end. But with encouragement from his best friend Sonya and positive self-talk, Zach makes a plan to achieve his goal, adapts his plan along the way, and perseveres to the end. Zach feels so great about his success that he writes down the steps he used so he can repeat them next time he faces a tough...