Building Character. Growing Courage. Inspiring the Next Generation.
Ellis Abel Learns is more than a children’s book series—it’s a complete Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) ecosystem designed to help kids (and their families) grow stronger from the inside out.
Through beautifully illustrated stories, a gamified learning app, and future real-world camps, we give children the tools to:
🌟 Discover Core Values like accountability, courage, faith, and responsibility
🎮 Practice Daily Habits with interactive missions, badges, and the Value Garden
👨👩👧 Engage Families with parent dashboards, conversation prompts, and shared growth journeys
🏆 Build Resilience by turning challenges into victories and differences into superpowers
With 8 books already created and a roadmap of 500 core-value titles, Ellis Abel Learns is built for scale—delivering fresh stories, engaging activities, and measurable growth year after year.
Our mission is simple but urgent: to break the cycle of negative digital influence and empower children to become confident, value-driven leaders.
Join us as we turn stories into habits, habits into character, and character into lifelong success.
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🌟 A relatable story about belonging — Ellis feels left out on the playground until he learns that belonging is a choice, not something you wait for.
🥋 Inspired by Samurai Musashi — Dad shares the legendary tale of Musashi, who turned rejection and solitude into self‑mastery and greatness.
💡 Core lesson: Courage in action — Ellis discovers that facing fears and taking the first step opens the door to friendship and connection.
🌱 Builds the value of belonging — Children learn that true strength comes from within and grows through accountability, courage, and persistence.
📖 Part of the Ellis Abel Learns series — Designed to help kids (and families) practice core values through stories, activities, and real‑world habits.
🔺 Introduces the Triangle of Performance — Commitment, Competency, and Confidence as a simple, powerful framework for growth.
🌳 A relatable challenge — Ellis must retrieve his sister’s birdhouse from a tall, shaky tree, facing fear and self‑doubt along the way.
💪 Lesson in persistence — Ellis learns that confidence is built through consistent effort, practice, and “doing the reps.”
🧩 Discipline Decisions & Habit Loops — Dad teaches Ellis how small, positive choices compound into lasting success.
🌟 Core value: Bravery through action — Children discover that courage isn’t the absence of fear, but the commitment to overcome it.
📖 Part of the Ellis Abel Learns series — Stories and activities designed to help kids turn values into daily habits and victories.
🐺 The Two Wolves Story — Dad shares the timeless lesson of the light wolf and the dark wolf.
🎧 A modern challenge — Ellis is unsettled by harsh, negative music and wonders if listening to it will make him “mean” too.
💡 Core lesson: Mindset nutrition — Just like food for the body, the content we consume feeds either the light wolf (integrity, courage, discipline) or the dark wolf (anger, ego, greed).
🌱 Awareness as a superpower — Ellis learns that noticing what he’s feeding his mind is the first step toward self‑mastery.
🤝 Guided by Dad’s wisdom — Through reassurance and practical analogies, Ellis discovers he has the power to choose what strengthens him.
📖 Part of the Ellis Abel Learns series — Stories and activities that help children build resilience, responsibility, and positive daily habits.