Loukoumi- Children's Books That Teach Values

I am building up our baby's library, and I came across some great books that I really love. The first book (it's the third in a new series of children's books) is called "Loukoumi's Good Deeds" by Nick Katsoris and it's about a little lamb named Loukoumi who learns how wonderful it is to do something nice for others each day. She and her friends find joy in helping others, visiting grandparents, and doing good deeds. It's a really enjoyable book for young children.

This book comes with a CD that features the voices of some well known stars today, including Olympia Dukakis, Jennifer Aniston (though this won't matter to your baby :) it's encouraging that celebrities see the value in these books and help support them) and others, reading the parts of the different characters. The CD also features an additional story called "Loukoumi's Gift" (it teaches that gifts do not need to cost a lot to have value) and a narration of a previous story revised, "Growing Up Loukoumi".

The author is donating two dollars from the sale of each of the Good Deeds books to research for St. Jude's Children's Hospital. He has been involved in other charitable activities as well, such as founding and presiding over the Hellenic Times Scholarship Fund, and sponsoring the Growing Up with Loukoumi Dream Day contest (three winners had their ultimate dreams fulfilled, such as playing soccer with the New York Red Bulls and visiting NASA to watch the Phoenix spacecraft land on Mars). How terrific is that!

His other books are fabulous too, and the whole collection is the start of my baby's personal library.