Cleo the Creative Cheetah: A Story About Big Energy, Bright Ideas, and Finding What Helps

Cleo Cheetah has fast feet, quick eyes, and enough bright ideas for three wagons at once. She cannot wait to build a glowing lantern wagon for Sunbeam Savanna's Build-and-Roll Parade. But when every idea tries to sprint first, Cleo starts many parts and finishes none. Then her wagon wobbles. With calm support from Pip Frog and Ms. Juniper Owl, Cleo discovers that her speed and creativity are strengths. She practices saving extra ideas, choosing one small step, moving on purpose, listening to the end, asking for a quieter space, and selecting a pace that fits the moment. Cleo the Creative Cheetah is a warm, encouraging picture book about big energy, bright ideas, flexible problem-solving, communication, and finding useful supports. It reminds children that they do not need to become a different person to learn new tools. This 32-page illustrated paperback includes: - Cleo's complete original story - A child-friendly Pause, Pick, Plan, and Check routine - A coloring page - A personal helpful-pace activity >Ideal for ages 3-8, bedtime reading, preschool and early elementary read-alouds, counseling conversations, and families or classrooms practicing social-emotional and executive-function skills together. The Little Hearts Library, Book 7.