Recipient of the 2025 Nautilus Book Award for Children's Picture Book (silver), the 2025 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Award) for Best Children’s Illustrated Ebook (Gold), and more.

How can we support our children in loving themselves the way they are and remaining authentic to themselves?

The Puzzle Piece guides children as they imagine that the world is a gigantic puzzle and that they are unique pieces in that puzzle.

Recipient of the 2024 Nautilus Award for Small Press Children’s PIcture Book (silver), the 2024 Book Excellence Award for Children's Inspirational, the 2023 Best Book Award for Children's Mind/Body/Spirit, and more.
How can we give our children an understanding of the value of love, kindness, empathy, and compassion?

The Love Tank guides children in imagining a superpower container inside their bodies that fills up with love.

Recipient of the 2024 International Book Awards for Children's Mind/Body/Spirit, a Literary Titan Gold Book Award, an Outstanding Creator Award for Best Children's Book of Spring 2024, and more.

How can we give our children an understanding of the value of gratitude?

The Gratitude Goggles guides children as they imagine a special pair of goggles that can appear by simply feeling gratitude, and that reveal the world in its colorful splendor.

"Creatively encourages preschoolers to regulate their emotions and practice kindness."

"This ode to self-care and the power of community is Mendoza-Vasconez’s debut picture book and conveys its message in a simple, child-friendly way."

"The Love Tank by Andrea Mendoza-Vasconez is a charming love story... The metaphor of having a love tank inside you makes it easier for the younger child to understand some of the situations discussed in the book. "

“At the heart of The Love Tank lies the concept of extending kindness to fill the love tanks of others. This notion is more than a metaphor; it is an empowering call to action. The book gracefully reinforces the power young minds possess to effect positive change through their interactions.”

“An absolutely beautiful book. I read this to my youngest child (7) last night & he adored it. It's about showing love & compassion to both yourself & others. Immediately after reading he gave me a big hug & told me his love tank was full! Would definitely recommend this book.”

“The Love Tank teaches kids about empathy, recognizing when and why others sometimes behave in negative ways, and explores positive attitudes and actions to counteract other people when their love tanks are low. This is definitely a must-have for libraries and homes everywhere. Now, if we could just get adults to read and understand this! ❤️”

“Such a great way to teach compassion to kids! I loved the way the love tank was presented in this book! I enjoyed that it said there was no good or bad people, just people with full or empty love tanks- as a teacher I am always telling my students they aren't good or bad kids, sometimes we just make not great choices and this is perfect to tie in with that!”

“I read this with my 5year old and 9 year old. My 9 year old just had a really hard year and was getting physically bullied at school for months. This book helped us talk a lot about that bully and how he needs some help filling up his love tank. My 5 year old really enjoyed the book as well and totally loved the concept.
We all enjoyed the colorful graphics and illustrations as well. “

“The Love Tank gets all the love from my family! I absolutely, truly loved this book.

… This is a book I will purchase for our family’s home library and will request our local library purchase a copy too. This is definitely one of the best children’s books about emotions I’ve ever read!”