A collection of two hundred Big Nate comic strips, originally published from June 2008 through January 2009, following the adventures of rebellious sixth-grader Nate Wright and his friends.
Encouragement for readers to be tender with themselves and others, and to open up their hearts to the world, celebrating connection, compassion, and life.
Looks at the goodness of most people, pointing out how many more people there are in the world who would like to help others than would like to hurt them, and even most of those who do bad things can change.
Students are upset and begin acting mean after something bad is written on a school bathroom wall, but talking, listening, and an art project help them remember who they are.
Having decided housecleaning is too much for her to handle, Heidi Heckelbeck pulls out her Book of Spells and conjures up a helper, with disastrous results.
