Giggle, hold hands, hug, teach kindness, and create friendships on this highly interactive journey with GivaGeta Smiles(TM) and his 15 forest friends. We all want to create the affectionate bond with our child that lasts a lifetime. In Give a Hug ... Get a Hug(TM), you and your child will give and get giggles when you meet Giggly Gecko(TM), hold hands with Confident Chipmunk(TM), and cultivate friendships with Optimistic Owl(TM). Together, you will learn other positive character traits from Buddy Bear(TM) and friends who help you teach children when they give they get more in return . . . and the more in return is that good feeling inside from giving.

ABOUT THE AUTHORSJames Louis Cantoni, Sr. is America's Youth Empowerment Coach, author, and founder of Realizing Dreams. His mission, vision and purpose in life (MVP) is to inspire potential, synchronize generations, and transform lives(TM) which he accomplishes, quite often in minutes, not months(TM). Jim is a right brain creative thinker, a game-changing motivational speaker, and a capacity building practitioner who applies the research from universities including Harvard, Stanford, and UPENN. James Louis Cantoni, Sr. published books include a reflective take-action journal called "7 Steps for Empowering Youth: Self-Awareness Developing Grit and a Growth Mindset" that engages students and adults in activities where they critically think, use their imagination, and creatively problem solve like Einstein. Together, with his wife Jackie Cantoni, they authored "Give Teamwork ... Get Results(TM) Playing with a Full Deck of The World's Kindest Playing Cards", "Give a Hug . . . Get a Hug" and "I Love You Two with GivaGeta Smiles(TM) a Children's Book for Counting in I Love You's". They also received the 2011 National Parenting Center Seal of Approval for The World's Kindest Playing Cards(TM), Positive Pen(TM), Positive Pencil(TM), and their community building and award-winning companion discovery game called Teamwork & FamilyPlay: Empowering Youth Through Positive Purposeful Play.
Jackie Cantoni is an award-winning mentor, dynamic speaker, and author of "Are You Ready? A Guide to be the Best Version of You". Jackie teaches everyday strategies and life lessons to boost your confidence and self-worth. Living her mission, Jackie received the Remarkable Women in Business award and co-founded two non-profits to help special needs children and inner-city youth. Her mentoring passion and proven strategies have been transforming lives for more than two decades.