This brief meditation for kindness is an excerpt from "Meditation is an Open Sky: Mindfulness for Kids," by Whitney Stuart. It was illustrated by Sally Rippin and published in 2015 by Albert Whitman & Company.

The Shortest Day, written by Susan Cooper, was originally published as a poem in 1974. The book version was published in 2019 by Candlewick Press, and illustrated by Carson Ellis.

A Summer Solstice story was adapted by Ellen Jackson for her book published in 2001 called "The Summer Solstice." It was abridged from the original stories, "How Maui Slowed the Sun" by Suelyn Ching Tune and "Maui Full of Tricks" by Vivian L. Thompson.

The Summer Solstice was written by Ellen Jackson and illustrated by Jan Davey Ellis. It was published by The Millbook Press, Inc. in 2001.

Go Show the World was written by Wab Kinew and illustrated by Joe Morse. It was published by Tundra, Penguin Randomhouse in 2018.

The Goodnight Circle was written by Carolyn Lesser and illustrated by Lorinda Bryan Cauley. It was published in 1984 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Lifetimes was written by Bryan Mellonie and illustrated by Robert Ingpen. It was published by Bantam Books in 1983.

Dear Children of the Earth is written and illustrated by Schim Schimmel, published in 1994.

When the Root Children Wake Up is written by Audrey Wood and illustrated by Ned Bittinger. It was published in 2002, a retelling of the 1906 Root Children classics by Sibylle von Olfers.

Earth Mother is written by Ellen Jackson and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. It was published in 2005.