Julia Cook, a former school counselor and teacher, has written many books on behavior and health for children. Her Responsible Me! series of 6 storybooks deliver powerful messages about accountability and honesty. Julia's goal is to make a positive difference in the lives of children, parents, and educators by teaching lifelong problem-solving skills to kids. She has received the Association for Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Award, and her books have been honored by the National Parenting Center and Mom's Choice Awards.

"In another brilliant children's resource, Julia Cook has creatively woven the potential academic and social consequences of negativity into Baditude. 'Noodle's' attention to typical childhood frustrations makes this book realistic and identifiable to almost any young child. With an overarching theme of personal empowerment, Julia's characters clearly support children in identifying the benefits of turning 'Baditude' into 'Gratitude.'" - Sarah I. Springer, PhD, LPC, ACS; Certified School Counselor Assistant Professor, Counseling Psychology at Temple University

"How many of you parents out there are struggling with your kiddo(s) and their BADITUDE This homeschooling, distance learning, online teaching thing is a bringing out a whole new level of attitude from my little man, and let me tell ya...I am NOT ok with it.

So instead of screaming, yelling, and threatening to take away his Nintendo time, I turned to my favorite author @juliacookonline knowing that I had the perfect book to help me out.

We're all experiencing change. We are all trying to navigate into this new normal for awhile, and in order for us to have a clear mind and a flexible brain, we need to change our BADITUDE into GRATITUDE.

So grateful I get to spend this time teaching my son. And so grateful for all the books from @boystownpress that help parents like me to make this whole parenting thing a little bit easier." - Kim Gameroz, Behavioral Support Specialist

"My kiddo is autistic and these books are written and illustrated so well. They follow similar to our social stories we use. And the author address so many issues kiddos these days face, including mine. Highly recommend her books, we have many of them Opened my kiddo's eye and then she "wanted to talk" about what was going on with her." - Theresa