The Angry Ostrich

Ollie the ostrich is angry because he can't fly like other birds can. Most ostriches have accepted it. Not Ollie. He won't give up on his dream, but his plans keep backfiring until he stops being mad and starts asking for help.

The story is based on psychology research about communication. Out of four basic styles, collaboration is the one that works best: people solve the problem as a team instead of avoiding it, acting like they don't care, or trying only to get their own way.

Ollie hopes his story helps kids learn to collaborate early, and helps parents start a conversation at home, so nobody feels they have to put their head in the sand like he did.