The How To Be Series teaches new readers, as well as those reading to them, a variety of ways to live a joyful and gratitude-filled life. Originally published using the author's original art, this 2nd Edition of the Series offers a 3D interpretation of her art as well as brand new exercises in the back of each story teaching children additional ways to achieve a mindful living lifestyle. In the first book, Mauve is Mindful. She focuses her thoughts on her actions. She forgets about the past and doesn't worry about tomorrow. She lives in the present moment, and that's what she is teaching young children to do - to live in Mindfulness. She shows children how to set an intention and how to use affirmations. Through her life examples, she offers little ones the chance to learn gratitude as well as ways to cope with anxiety. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Granny Chrissy is a homeschooling mother of 8. She is also a lifetime lover of all-things creative. Reading and art have always been of the utmost importance. Now that most of her children are grown, she has decided to chase her joy. The How to Be Books are one of her newest pursuits. A Family of Doers, according to Granny Chrissy, means that each generation is a bulb that uses the knowledge and lessons of the previous generations to shine their light brightly, all the while passing on their own learned knowledge and lessons to the next generation ... and then the next ...