A Penny Planter is someone who drops pennies for other people to find. I'm a Penny Planter, and I hope you will become one too! People from around the world believe that finding a penny, or any other coin, will bring them good luck or good fortune. So, I plant pennies by dropping them onto the ground wherever I go so that other people who find them, will smile, and have a momentary feeling of joy or luck or hope. This book tells the story of the Lucky Penny Project which is a collection of people who want to make the world a better place and work together as a Penny Posse to help others. They drop pennies to make other people smile, and they also work to make the world better by setting positive intentions called Penny Promises, and by implementing their own action items to improve the world around them, called Penny Plans. Won't you join us?

In all the hustle and bustle, it’s easy to wear a perpetual frown. We often forget the immense power of one thing: the human smile. The Power of Your Smile is a wise yet playful reminder that smiling can improve not only your day but also the days of the people around you. In fact, smiling can improve your entire life. This book focuses on seemingly silly things—maybe even minor or mundane—that in truth are very important. We could focus on difficulties, or instead, wear a smile and brighten even the most difficult times. Using jokes and anecdotes, author William Kalanta offers many reasons why a person should smile, and there are indeed many! Kalanta uses humor as a way of expressing profound, inspirational truths in a way that anyone can understand. Smiling is the best way to change your mood and turn a bad day good. You are the producer, director, and star of your life. Why waste it by wearing a frown? A smile says, “Don’t pet sweaty things and don’t sweat petty things.” A smile can change the world.

I wrote this collection of poems because I have read extensively and the more I read the more fascinated I became with the relationships of animals and people with one another. I believed, at the time, there would be little need for another book of poetry but while analyzing my own observances and beliefs, the genuine need for more lines that rhymed with a cadence of life took me over. I wanted to make the facts as much as can possibly flow evenly with true feelings about my life and others who have surely experienced a deep down desire to put pen to paper. I caught myself daydreaming about someday seeing the name Penny Aiken on the front cover of some kind of book. Writing in first person lets me live mentally the actions that are being relayed in the poems. Naming my book A Penny for Your Thoughts just seemed to fit the mold. It sounded right to everyone I mentioned it to so I finally sold myself on using it. I have tried to write such a book.

"What a wonderful life I've had! I only wished I'd realized it sooner." Collette Ever wonder why another seems happy and content while you struggle? Do you find yourself so heavy with dread that at the end of the day you are exhausted and frustrated? Perhaps you feel you should be happier than you are, but lack the energy to become the person you want to be. Then curl up in your favorite reading spot and take a trip of magical realism. Travel through the eyes of a teacher who is searching for possibly the very thing that you are missing. This is the journey to happiness that every man and woman deserves. A hero's journey from shadow to substance; a quest to find your spirit. Meander with the unique characters, the inspirational dog, Lab, the patient Ferryman, the surprising Mentor, the all-knowing Gate Keeper, and of course the wise, Spirit Guide. Take this voyage to, in essence, find yourself.

The value and importance of your thoughts are incalculable because your success and happiness depend on them. If you have an attitude that is appropriate to your objective, success is assured. It is essential for every individual to crystalise his or her vision in order to develop his or her own paradigm and path to success. Once you are clear on what you want to do in your life, your success will depend on how well you cultivate, improve or change your views needed to keep you on your target. This book offers some simple tips for self-improvement.

At fourteen, Penny Winters fell out of the closet and in love with her best friend, Misa Ito. But before they truly understood their feelings, Misa and her family were gone. Over a decade later, when Penny secures a job at a top New York advertising agency, she has a second chance at first love when she’s introduced to the lead account executive, Misa. But the road to happiness is riddled with potholes. Misa is still impossibly beautiful, but super cold. And Misa shows no recollection of Penny—the girl who once showed her how to skateboard, make daisy chain crowns, and shared every secret with. On top of that, there’s the huge engagement ring and photo of a handsome man on Misa’s desk. The butterflies Penny feels don’t seem one-sided, and she wants answers. Penny has no idea that she’s begging for the impossible. Getting Misa to admit anything means asking her to do the unthinkable: put aside her career and her father’s expectations to give in to her heart. Which has always belonged to Penny.

Have you ever loved, been loved, been confused about love, or suffered from loss of love? All these feelings have been captured and shared in the word of heartfelt poems, compiled over many years by a retired teacher and award-winning author. Sherrill S. Cannon now shares her thoughts in this book of feelings. “As a teacher, I used poetry to help counsel many troubled teens and friends, and have continued this pattern throughout the years.”There are three sections in her book: Heads, Spinning, and Tails . . . (Love & Loss: Coin Toss?). The variety of lyrical poetry forms includes free verse, blank verse, haiku, and sonnets. Some poems are simply plays on words.

Benjamin Matthews is the hapless hero with the innocent face of an angel and only two GCSEs in chemistry and history. At the vast age of thirty, he has not yet found his niche in life, but has drifted along performing a series of jobs that always go wrong. Then he meets Rebecah, a nymphomaniac and the beautiful daughter of a failed politician who is one of the most successful villains in his hometown. If lying should ever become an art form, Ben would succeed, because people believe in his honest face. From his very first white lie (about his name being Benjamin Pollock), he digs himself in deeper and deeper, realising that it is important to be considered a Pollock. Even he has to admit that he is rather good at this lying malarkey. Ben finds he has a talent for being a criminal, going from strength to strength, and taking Daisy Productions to new heights. But will his latest business venture follow the usual pattern and fail? Will his fabrications be the end of him? A Penny for Them takes a humorous look at crime from the viewpoint of the criminal and is spot on.

Meet Penny, the sweet and curious mouse, in Caldecott Medalist and bestselling author Kevin Henkes’s instant classic story for young readers, perfect for fans Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Owen, and Chrysanthemum. When Penny comes home from school, she is ready to sing her song. But the babies are sleeping, and Mama and Papa are worried that Penny will wake them up. Oh, but it is a good song, a really wonderful song . . . and Penny wants more than anything to sing it. Will it ever be the right time to sing it? Penny and Her Song is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it's perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. Kevin Henkes is a master at creating beautifully illustrated books that resonate with young children. The Penny books are new classics for beginning readers and will appeal to fans of Frog and Toad, Little Bear, and Henry and Mudge. Don't miss Penny's newest adventures in Penny and Her Sled!