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Will You Fill My Bucket? Daily Acts of Love Around the World

A simple question, Will You Fill My Bucket? is fervently asked by children from twelve different countries. In this award-winning, 32-page picture book, sweet rhyming prose, repetition, and vividly captivating illustrations delight the senses and express the deep joy and love we hope for all children. Will You Fill My Bucket? and the responses given will touch the heartstrings of people young and old around the world. Bucket filling, the essence of being loved and loving others, occurs in those little moments in a day when you stop and just listen, cuddle, play, or spend time with a child.

For Parents and Ages Birth – 9

Winner of Sixteen Awards:

  • 2012 - Honourable Mention, Children's Books, New York Book Festival
  • 2012 - Gold Medal, Children's Picture Books, Inspirational/Motivational, Mom's Choice Awards
  • 2012 - Best Children's Interest Book, NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards
  • 2012 - Honourable Mention, Wild Card Books, Southern California Book Festival
  • 2012 - Honourable Mention, Children's Books, London Book Festival
  • 2012 - Honourable Mention, Children's Books, New England Book Festival
  • 2013 - Honourable Mention, Children's Books, The Great Southwest Book Festival
  • 2013 - Honourable Mention, Children's Books, The Great Northwest Book Festival
  • 2013 - Honourable Mention, Children's Books, The Great Southeast Book Festival
  • 2013 - Honourable Mention, Children's Books, Los Angeles Book Festival
  • 2013 - Honourable Mention, Children's Books, Paris Book Festival
  • 2013 - Silver Medal, Children's Books, Benjamin Franklin Book Awards
  • 2013 - Honourable Mention, Children's Books, San Francisco Book Festival
  • 2013 - First Place, Picture Books - 6 & Older, Purple Dragonfly Book Awards
  • 2013 - Second Place, Cultural Diversity Books, Purple Dragonfly Book Awards
  • 2013 - Winner, For the Family Books, Learning Magazine's Teacher's Choice Awards 

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Will You Fill My Bucket? Daily Acts of Love Around the World

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