Book excerpt: Recommended for ages 4 to 7. As an educator, human developmentalist, and the inventor of Living Skills Books for Kids, Joy Berry knows kids. Her books teach children about taking responsibility for themselves and their actions. With sales of over 85 million books, Joy has helped millions of parents and their children. Help Me Be Good About Being Destructive helps children deal with misbehavior (being destructive) with a good behavior in an inviting format that includes text and cartoons. Each book in the Help Me Be Good Series defines a misbehavior, explains the cause of the misbehavior and its negative effects, and offers children and parents practical advice for tuning the misbehavior into acceptable behavior. The complete Help Me Be Good series includes: Being a Bad Sport Being Bossy Being Bullied Being Careless Cheating Complaining Being Destructive Disobeying Fighting Being Forgetful Gossiping Being Greedy Interrupting Being Lazy Lying Being Mean Overdoing It Breaking Promises Being Rude Being Selfish Showing Off Snooping Stealing Throwing Tantrums Tattling Teasing Being Wasteful Whining