ALIGNÉ Stories™
ALIGNÉ Stories™ introduces social-emotional learning through engaging children's books that help young readers explore emotions, relationships, and personal growth. These stories reinforce the same principles found throughout the ALIGNÉ ecosystem, helping students connect learning across classrooms, homes, and everyday experiences.
The Power of Storytelling
Stories help children understand emotions and social experiences in meaningful ways. Through storytelling, students can see characters navigate challenges, build empathy, and reflect on their own experiences.
ALIGNÉ Stories™ supports social-emotional development by making these lessons accessible and relatable for young readers.
ALIGNÉ Emotional Growth Collection
I am Me!
Meet twins Zara and Zion who are learning something amazing: they are perfectly, wonderfully themselves. This joyful picture book celebrates beautiful skin and hair, big feelings, being different, family and culture, and the courage to be kind and brave. Perfect book for little one's 4–6 years old.
Meet Rooty a little sprout with big, sparkly feelings, fuzzy green leaves, and roots that wiggle when excited. Rooty lives in a colorful garden and experiences the world in vivid, beautiful ways: the warmth of sunshine feels like joy, loud noises feel like too much, soft soil feels like safety, and sadness feels like love for something that mattered.
Lumi Lights the World
Every family's light is its own kind of beautiful. Meet Lumi, a tiny spark of light, no bigger than a firefly, no louder than a whisper. But every year, when the nights grow long and the world needs a little more glow, Lumi sets out to visit every celebration. Filled with accurate cultural details, pronunciation guides, and Did You Know facts for each celebration, Lumi Lights the World is the only holiday book your family needs.
Rooty Feels the World
I Am Me! Zara's Story
In this joyful, full-color picture book, Zara a Black girl with gorgeous natural hair and a smile that lights up every room , discovers six powerful truths about herself: her skin and hair are beautiful, her big feelings matter, she is already enough exactly as she is, being different makes her special, her family and culture are part of who she is, and she has the power to be kind and brave.
Every night, Sunny and a glowing stuffed star named Twinkle do something magical they find the stars together.
From a warm bubble bath to a cozy tuck-in, When Sunny Finds the Stars gently guides little ones through a soothing bedtime ritual and into a world of golden clouds, dream rivers, and star meadows where every child is safe, loved, and free to rest.
High in the sky, soft and round and white, lived a tiny cloud named Puff who wanted to see everything. One glorious day, Puff drifts over mountains topped with sparkling snow, out above the deep blue sea where dolphins leap, through a tall green forest where an owl blinks wide eyed at the sky, across a patchwork farm where cows go moooo, over a glittering city where children point upward and wave, and all the way down to a baby on a blanket, looking up and wondering.
Little Puff
When Sunny Finds the Stars
I Am Me! Zion's Story
Does your little boy know just how wonderful he already is? Zion a Black boy with amazing curly hair and a laugh that fills every room. Perfect book for little one's 4–6 years old.
Go, Ziggy, Go!
Every brave kid has a Ziggy inside them and this book will help them find it. Meet Ziggy, a bold adventurer in red boots and a bright cape who is ready for anything! From scaling a tall climbing wall and crossing a wobbly bridge, to walking through a dark tunnel and painting a masterpiece for the very first time, Ziggy shows young readers that bravery comes in all shapes and sizes.
Multilingual books coming soon….
Part of the ALIGNÉ Ecosystem
ALIGNÉ Stories™ reinforces the same four pillars used throughout the ecosystem:
• Align Self
• Align Relationships
• Align Community
• Align Purpose
Through storytelling, students experience these concepts in ways that feel natural and memorable.
Growing the ALIGNÉ Stories Collection
Future ALIGNÉ Stories™ titles will continue exploring themes such as emotional awareness, resilience, empathy, and personal growth. These stories help extend the ALIGNÉ ecosystem beyond the classroom and into everyday reading experiences.