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Chicken Soup for the Soul

163 total works

Cover of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers
Grandmothers of all ages will delight in these stories of love, laughs, and lessons about being a grandmother, new or experienced. This book is a wonderful read across the generations!

Treat your grandmother to 101 heartwarming, amusing, and inspirational stories about:
  • becoming a new person - a grandmother
  • getting your grandma name
  • surviving babysitting!
  • dispensing advice to your children and grandchildren... and learning not to!
  • the unconditional love and mutual admiration between grandparents and grandchildren
  • adventures with the grandkids, from amusement parks to foreign travel
  • the funny things that only kids can say and do
  • passing traditions and legacies through the generations
  • becoming a grandma through adoption or marriage
  • and plenty of comic relief from grandmothers and grandchildren

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This collection of inspirational stories will undoubtedly touch many hearts. Written by authors who have lost loved ones, these stories offer comfort, peace and understanding to those going through the grieving process. Individual people deal with grief in their own ways and within their own time, but the guidance and support they receive from others is what helps them through it. One of the key messages of "Chicken Soup for the Grieving Soul "is that togetherness and sharing are the keys to moving on. In these stories people share their experiences with coping and they share deep memories. Each one has found that putting thoughts and feelings into words is not only cathartic, it allows them to reconnect with their loved one and others. Words of encouragement are plentiful in this edition and they go straight to the heart. Chapters encompass the complete grieving experience and include: Final Gifts, the Power of Support, Coping and Healing, Those We Will Miss, Special Moments, Insights and Lessons, and Living Again. Readers will be comforted and inspired by the stories of regaining strength and hope, such as holding meaningful services, performing thoughtful deeds and cherishing special memories. Most important, just as the writers have come to appreciate life through the grieving process, readers will discover how to do the same. This soothing bowl of stories is the perfect gift to bring comfort, strength and courage.

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Chicken Soup for the Soul Christmas Treasury captures the holiday spirit through an extensive story collection that demonstrates the humor, profound joy, and spiritedness that envelops the holiday season known as Christmas. Join popular humorist Dave Barry, bestselling author Robert Fulghum, renowned author and lecturer Joan Wester Anderson, among many others, as they recount the special moments that lend to the magic and joy of the holiday celebration.

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You'll be inspired by these 101 true stories about how positive thinking can change your life!

Everyone needs a little attitude adjustment once in a while, and these amazing true life stories reveal how real people used positive thinking to improve their lives and overcome challenges. You'll read stories about how you can:
make every day a special dayincorporate gratitude and joy into your daily lifecount your blessings and change your outlookuse a few well-chosen words to reorient your lifemanage cancer and other health challenges through a positive attitudesimplify and have a more meaningful lifelearn to find the silver lining in every situationturn adversity into opportunity

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Grand and Great

by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Amy Newmark

Published 30 September 2008
Grandparents and grandchildren share their stories of love and wisdom in this collection celebrating the unconditional love of this special relationship.

A parent becomes a new person the day the first grandchild is born. Formerly serious and responsible adults go on shopping sprees for toys and baby clothing, smile incessantly, pull out photos, and proudly display baby seats in their cars. This collection from Chicken Soup for the Soul's library will amuse you, warm your heart, and give you food for thought, with stories on:
  • the unconditional love and mutual admiration between grandparents and grandchildren
  • great learning experiences shared between grandparents and grandchildren
  • family traditions and legacies passed down through the generations
  • touching moments you'll want to share with other family members
  • great fun between the generations

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Mothers everywhere will be amused and inspired by these 101 stories of appreciation for mothers and their wisdom.

Moms really do Know Best... even the kids admit it! "Mom will know where it is...what to say...how to fix it."

Enjoy these 101 favorite stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul's library on the pervasive wisdom of mothers everywhere, with stories written by mothers and their children that:
  • celebrate the special bond between mothers and children
  • recognize the hard work that goes into being a mother every day
  • illustrate mothers' unerring wisdom about everything from the mundane to the life-changing

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Features inspirational stories offering words of wisdom, hope, and empowerment.

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Think Positive for Teens

by Amy Newmark

Published 27 October 2020
This new collection of real-life experiences that happened to other teenagers will help you "think positive" and be the very best, happiest version of yourself.

These true stories are organized into chapters that will inspire you to:
  • Be You - being yourself really is the best solution
  • Make True Friends - finding friends who are right for you
  • Do the Right Thing - real-life examples where doing it right pays off
  • Make the Effort - why trying hard is worth it
  • Face Your Challenges - you'll see you're not alone
  • Count Your Blessings - gratitude really is the key to happiness
  • Treasure Your Family - even when they drive you crazy, they're the best
  • Look to the Future - how to put it all in perspective

Chicken Soup for the Soul books are 100% made in the USA and each book includes stories from as diverse a group of writers as possible. Chicken Soup for the Soul solicits and publishes stories from the LGBTQ community and from people of all ethnicities, nationalities, and religions.

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Romantics of all ages with be inspired by these fun and heartwarming stories about finding and enjoying your mate.

Everyone loves a great love story and a happy ending. Readers will enjoy these favorite stories of dating and courtship, romance, love, and marriage from the Chicken Soup for the Soul library.

Whether you are just starting to date, or are veterans of a long marriage, these heartwarming stories will inspire and amuse you, give you new ideas for your own loving relationships, and will be great fun to share with that special someone!

Cover of Sopa de Pollo Para El Alma Durante El Embarazo
Presents stories aimed at providing the expectant mother with inspiration, insight, and humor as she prepares to give birth.

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What I Learned from the Cat

by Jack Canfield

Published 22 September 2009
Join Wendy Diamond, editor in chief of Animal Fair magazine, pet rescue advocate, author, regular expert on Today and general cat-lover and read 101 heartwarming, amusing, and inspirational stories about our best friends and faithful companions - our cats.

You'll see your own cat with a new eye through these true stories about:
  • learning who's in charge (the cat, of course!)
  • converting cat haters into cat lovers
  • the amazing intuition of cats
  • learning how to play and enjoy life from our cats
  • cats changing people's lives
  • learning to say goodbye
  • fabulous rescue cats
  • therapy cats

Cover of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom will touch the heart of any mother with its stories of gratitude, joy, love, and learning from children of all ages.

A mother's job is never done, but in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom, she gets the praise she deserves. Children of all ages share their words of thanks in these touching, heartfelt stories. CSS Thanks Mom will bring any mother joy, inspiration, and humor and show her that the kids were paying attention after all.

Cover of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Magic
These 101 Christmas stories of inspiration, love and wonder will make your holidays even more magical.

Share the magic and joy of Christmas with the whole family. You'll love these 101 heartwarming, inspirational, and fun stories of Christmas miracles, family reunions, charity, the wonder of children, the joy of giving, and family and religious traditions. And lots of stories about Santa too, all appropriate for children!

Cover of Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog
Join Wendy Diamond, editor in chief of Animal Fair magazine, judge on Greatest American Dog, pet rescue advocate, author, regular expert on Today and general dog-lover and read 101 heartwarming, amusing, and inspirational stories about our best friends and faithful companions - our dogs.

You'll see your own dog with a new eye through these true stories about:
the amazing intuition and intelligence of dogsdogs teaching us to enjoy every daylearning to put things in perspectivedogs changing people's liveslearning to say goodbyefabulous rescue dogstherapy dogs

Cover of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Cheer
1. With a new contemporary cover design, a new interior layout, and up-to-date stories, this book will have fresh appeal to everyone looking for a great Christmas and holiday read.

2. Books represent a new thematic experience, even for readers of past books, as Chicken Soup has tightened the content, and books contain only relevant stories. Out-of-date stories were eliminated.

3. Each book contains 101 stories recompiled from dozens of past Chicken Soup titles.

4. "Our 101 Best Stories" collection is an efficient way for new readers to obtain books covering Chicken Soup's most popular topics.

5. Every books has a warm and moving foreward from Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen explaining the company's rebirth and its return to 101 stories per book.

6. Chicken Soup for the Soul earned the Guinness World Record for having the most books on the New York Times bestseller list at one time.

7. Last year, USA Today named Chicken Soup for the Soul #5 on its list of 25 books that left a legacy over the past quarter century.

Everyone loves Christmas and the holiday season. We love reuniting scattered family members, watching the wonder in the eyes of a child, and seeing the joy on the face of a gift giver. The rituals of the holiday season give a rhythm to the years and create a foundation for our family lives. We love the chance to gather with our communities at church, at school, and even at the mall, to share the special spirit of the season, brightening those long winter days.



The first Chicken Soup for the Soup book was published in 1993, and became a publishing industry sensation, ultimately selling eight million copies. Since then, more than 150 Chicken Soup titles have been published, selling more than 100 million copies.



Chicken Soup for the Soul has won dozens of awards over the past 15 years, and its founders, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen have become celebrity motivational speakers and authors.

Cover of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Devotional Stories for Women
Enjoy 101 daily Christian devotions to comfort, encourage, and inspire you through the ups and downs of your life.

Each devotion has a beautiful story that illustrates an inspirational Bible passage, followed by an original, personal prayer. In the Chicken Soup for the Soul tradition, women from all walks of life and all ages share their personal experiences with you-stories of friendship, faith, and comfort that affirm God's unconditional love and His wisdom. Find encouragement, solace, and strength in these real stories from real women. You will laugh, cry, sympathize, and feel re-energized and ready for each new day.

Includes two bonus devotions and an inspirational foreword from Jennifer Sands, 9/11 widow, Christian author and speaker, seen on national Christian radio and television programs.

Cover of Chicken Soup for the Sports Fan's Soul
For pure exhilaration and drama, there's nothing quite like sports: It's the crack of the bat as it connects with the baseball, hurtling it into the bleachers for a home run; the swish of the basketball as it drops into the net for a three-point play at the buzzer; the roar of the crowd as the quarterback delivers a perfect spiral pass for the winning touchdown. Most importantly, sports bring out the best in the human spirit. There is an intensity and a richness inherent in every sporting experience that amplifies our emotions and our connection with the moment and, indeed, with ourselves. This latest collection of "Chicken Soup" honors all that is good in the world of sports. From major leaguers to little leaguers, from hockey stars to figure skaters, and from horseracing to mushing, the stories in this book highlight the positive and transformative nature of sports. Readers will come to see sports as one of our most important and powerful teachers. They can teach us to focus and stay the course, or to develop a new strategy and rededicate ourselves to a goal. They can teach us to be humble in victory and gracious in defeat. They can teach us the importance of teamwork and remind us that we must strive to give our individual all. At their best, sports will build us up and they will wear us down; they will build character and teach us to overcome adversity. This book is for anyone who has ever enjoyed watching or participating in any sport, from the professional athlete to the weekend warrior, from the soccer mom to the diehard sports fan, from the marathon runner to the neighborhood jogger.

Cover of Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul
For beginning gardeners and veteran green-thumbs-this uplifting collection of stories is filled with what every gardener knows-gardens fill lives with a special richness because they are a living reminder of the beauty in the world. "Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul" celebrates all the magic of gardening-the feeling of satisfaction that comes from creating something from nothing; the physical and spiritual renewal the earth provides; and the special moments shared with friends and family only nature can bestow. Written by hobbyists and celebrity gardeners, the stories relate the joys and challenges of gardening, with chapters on Blossoming Friendships, The Family Tree, Love in Bloom, The Seasons of Life, Overcoming Obstacles and Potpourri.

Cover of Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrates Dogs and the People Who Love Them

Cover of Chicken Soup for the Soul Stories for a Better World