In this book, traditional fairytales and modern fairytales are told using contemporary dialogue from a present-day perspective. Each tale includes issues the characters face and the lessons that can be learned.
Highlights presents Conflict Resolution written by Elizabeth Massie. This audiobook outlines practical ways to deal with conflict. It shows how conflict resolution works in real life through the profiles of five well-known individuals who encountered major conflicts during their lives: Rosa Parks, Abraham Lincoln, Rachel Carson, Thomas Jefferson, and Eleanor Roosevelt. The author examines how each individual chose to handle his or her conflict in a different manner.
Highlights presents Back from the Edge written by Elizabeth Massie. This audiobook is about how humans and animals share our planet Earth. With the increasing human population, animals and their natural habitats have been destroyed. However, people and organizations have been able to bring back some animals on the brink of extinction to safer numbers. The audiobook discusses several of these animals and the efforts to save them from forever being excluded from Earth.
Richard Blackburn and his mother used to live in Maryland until Richard's father died. Now they live on a plantation in Virginia with Richard's grandfather. Richard's grandfather owns slaves, and Richard believes that having slaves is wrong. Richard and his grandfather have conflicting views about slavery until something happens that changes his grandfather's mind.
