James Koenig

The Kindness Bugs James Koenig

Frankie the Firefly is starting at a new preschool! He's excited but also a little nervous. How will Frankie's first day turn out? We can discover together how showing kindness and being brave can lead to new friendships.


We believe it's important to build character and teach the values and skills children need to grow into happy, productive, and caring people. In this book, Frankie and the other Kindness Bugs help to encourage kids to practice kindness, empathy, conflict resolution, and respect.


A great book for any parent who has a child that is struggling with attending preschool for the first time. It focuses on processing the feelings of starting a new school and making new friends. We don't want your child to be scared of daycare or preschool. We hope this book helps your kid overcome their fears and anxieties and discover the joy and fun of their classroom!


Proceeds from the sale of this book go to: cultivate-goodness.org


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Julie Costello - Julie founded Watch Me Grow Child Care and Preschool in 2005 in Gilbert, Arizona. Julie was a preschool teacher for 10 years before taking a position with a nonprofit agency in Arizona that worked to improve child care services throughout the state. After her first child, Bailey, was born in 2004, she struggled to find child care that met her high expectations for quality care. This journey led to the opening of the first Watch Me Grow in October of 2005. Since then, Watch Me Grow has grown to three locations and Julie's vision has touched the lives of countless children.

James Koenig & Marshal Uhls - James Koenig and Marshal Uhls have worked together on projects for many years. They originally teamed up on a large character development line with a tight deadline. They quickly discovered they enjoyed collaborating and have grown into a great team, creating spectacular books and designs together.

James has illustrated over 45 children's books and created characters and illustrations for countless other children's toys and products over the last 15 years. While he's normally the illustrator, he's had new opportunities to start writing in recent years as well.

Marshal has illustrated for video games and other products for over 10 years. He has a knack for matching the style of the characters James creates and bringing out their personalities in the books they work on together.