Fill a Bucket: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Young Children [Paperback]

Carol McCloud (Author), Katherine Martin (Author), David Messing (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2008 | Age Range: 4 and up

This award-winning prequel to Have You Filled a Bucket Today? is the perfect gift for anyone with little ones they love.  When children have their buckets filled and learn how they can fill other people's buckets too, they understand how special, valuable, and capable they are.
 
Winner of Two Awards:
2008 - Best You Can Be Foundation, Top 10 Children's Books
2009 - Mom's Choice Awards, Gold Recipient (Developing Social Skills)

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

This is a prequel to the first bucketfilling book, Have You Filled a Bucket Today?.

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Product Details

• Age Range: 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Nelson Publishing & Marketing; 1 edition (August 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933916281
• ISBN-13: 978-1933916286
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,341 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

48 of 53 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A great message and easy for young children to understand August 19, 2008

By Shannon M. Janeczek

Format:Paperback

Although the message of Carol McCloud's first book, "Have You Filled A Bucket Today?" resonates with kids as young as 2 and 3, this book takes it a step closer to helping kids that age and slightly older (maybe as old as 5) get the idea that being kind and loving is important to their own happiness. I read it to my little guy (6 months old) and he loved the colors and pictures.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fill a Bucket December 1, 2008

By Loretta Eberle

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Purchased this book for our local kindergarten class. The teacher requested it because it gives the young students an opportunity to learn about happiness in their lives and what they can do for others. They love it!

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE IT! February 22, 2009

By *

Format:Paperback

This book is for all ages! It reminds everyone that we have a responsibility to fill buckets of happiness daily.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars For a Younger Audience November 11, 2009

By Grey Bruin

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I bought this thinking it would go well with the "Have You Filled A Bucket" book... I teach 4th grade, but found this book to be aimed at a younger audience. I ended up giving it to a friend who teaches Kindergarten, and she thought it was great to use with her class.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great bibliotherapy book!! January 18, 2011

By Books, Beach and Sun

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Love the idea of this book, lots of resources on the internet to make a themed unit/lesson plan for preschoolers and young elementary. Every therapist, early childhood teacher should have!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars More hugs for Daddy April 7, 2011

By Nana

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I purchased this book for my granddaughters, 3 years and 5 years old. The 3 year old has always been a Mommy's girl much to Daddy's chagrin. But, after reading Fill a Bucket, she decided to fill Daddy's bucket. She sat next to him at dinner, crawled on his lap after dinner, and requested that he be the one to tuck her in bed that night. Needless to say, Daddy was THRILLED!! He is now much more affectionate toward her. He has begun to fill her bucket, and she is continuing to fill his bucket every day. What a delightful way to explain kindness to a young child. She has learned that as a result of her kindness, she is receiving kindness in return.

My daughter helped the girls make paper buckets for each member of the family to put on the bulletin board. Every time they are kind to someone, they add a star or heart to the buckets. They enjoy seeing their "kindnesses" add up and over flow the buckets.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Message June 24, 2011

By MMM

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This book got the message CLEARLY across to my girls (4 1/2 and almost 3). When one says something mean to the other, I sometimes hear the other one say 'you need to fill up my bucket" and they understand using kind words and hugging to apologise are ways to fill up someones' bucket.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent teaching tool for my toddler October 12, 2010

By Y. Kimminau

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I read this to both of my boys, ages 7 and 3. As parents, my husband and I work hard to instill the values of respect, kindness and compassion in our children. This book puts this in a language that my three year old can understand and the illustrations are well-done and engaging. My seven-year old likes this book so well that he frequently reads it to his little brother.