After filling up three notebooks full of ideas, Sturgeon Bay author Joseph Lopez hopes the 22 sentences that made the cut will make a difference in your children's lives. Lopez's previous outings as an author included a self-help book for men and collections of poetry. His background led HELP of Door County, where he serves as a domestic violence intervention program facilitator, to ask him if he would consider writing a book for young kids about emotions like anger, empathy, loneliness, boredom, and jealousy. Lopez says many kids and parents do not have conversations about their feelings and how to handle them, which can create bad habits later in life. With the help of a dog named Maeve and a squirrel named Charlie, Lopez hopes the book can assist them.

Lopez is proud of the impact the book has already made in the short time it has been out, receiving correspondence from people worldwide. He hopes to be able to write similar books for other young age groups in the future. You can find the book, "Maeve and Charlie Sniff Out Emotions" locally and online.