About the Book
What Makes Me Happy, Healthy, and Alive? promotes an awareness of the basic elements necessary for a wholesome life. It explores the idea of what we need to thrive, nudging us to look beyond the usual answers of food, water, fresh air, and exercise. Love, family, and community—along with finding ways to grow, create, contribute, feel safe, and have fun—are critical to truly thrive. What Makes Me Happy, Healthy, and Alive? ingrains in young children that all of us have basic needs and that it is okay to want them.
The Message
My takeaway message for children (and everyone) is an awareness of the basic elements needed for a wholesome life. My desire is for children to get an ingrained notion of the basic needs that must be met if they are to thrive and be happy—and that it is okay to expect these needs to be met. I want all parents and caregivers to have this same awareness and to realize it is their responsibility to fill these basic needs for their children.
I want children as young as toddlers to be exposed to and embrace these ideas so that as they go through life, they will know how important it is to fulfill their needs. Someday, they may become parents or caregivers and can continue the cycle. Every child deserves to understand the message presented in What Makes Me Healthy, Happy, and Alive?—for their own sake as well as the planet’s.
Where to purchase the book
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Reader Comments
Just got your book in the mail! It’s AMAZING!!! SO COOL!
Love that you kept it at a level that can sink in for children. Perfect.
N. W.
Got the children’s book yesterday. Congratulations! A great “hierarchy of needs” for little ones. And the illustrations are excellent. I especially like the last three.
S. W.
You’ve put together a delightful story. The illustrations are wonderful! I loved your encouragement for children to address the essentials for healthy living – especially “To create”! I’m sure children will enjoy reading the story over and over again.
Pat W.
Manuscript Review Specialist, Outskirts Press, Inc.It’s so sweet and the illustrations are beautiful!
Deni S.
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Author
Teresa Wolfe, MS, is a food scientist, eco-herbalist, and environmental educator with forty-plus years of professional teaching and curriculum development experience in the areas of science, nature, and using plants as medicine. Wolfe has taught students of all ages, from preschoolers to older adults, and in various settings, including churches, schools, and community colleges. When her children were young, she had a laboratory in her home and developed a line of original herbal supplement formulas. Wolfe is certified to teach others to be professional herbalists. An avid promoter of individual and environmental health, she believes that “a healthy you equals a healthy planet.” Teresa currently resides in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, and works as a professional alpine ski instructor in the wintertime. Visit her website at TeresaWolfe.com to learn more.
Illustrator
Marcia Fajardo was born in Mexico City. Ever since she was a child, she showed enthusiastic talent and craft in several creative fields and she dreamed about one day becoming a professional painter or a photographer for the National Geographic and one day traveling the world capturing beautiful images of amazing people, places, and animals. In 2007, Marcia attended the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) where she received a BFA in Visual Arts. Marcia has worked for thousands of clients as a freelance illustrator since 2010. Her work encompasses digital art, traditional hand-drawing, and painting. She has illustrated books for children and adults, corporate projects, posters, fashion, branding, educational products, and much more. While Marcia takes care of her freelance career, she also works on her personal art projects and is building a business to make come true her dream of creating art while traveling the world. Marcia can be contacted at marcia.x.fajardo@gmail.com