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A FREE STORYBOOK FOR PARENTS & EDUCATORS
The Seven Steps to Peace
A read-aloud picture book that helps children find their way through conflict — one gentle step at a time.
When Grumpkin and Huffle both claim the town fountain, it takes a very wise grandmother — and seven simple steps — to help two feuding families remember they were neighbors before they were rivals. Written by Ian Renaud, author of Resolving From Within, this free story carries the same Seven Levels Framework used by conflict resolution professionals, translated into language a five-year-old can feel.
18-page illustrated story · Free PDF download
A story that starts where most conflicts do
"In the town of Squabbleville, something went wrong — a fountain stood sparkling where two groups belonged."
The Grumpkins say they found it. The Huffles say it belongs to everyone. Doors slam, pathways get blocked, and soon nobody in Squabbleville is talking at all — only roaring.
Then wise Old Professor Peacely arrives with seven special steps: not a lecture, not a punishment, but an invitation. Children follow Grumpkin and Huffle through each one, discovering — right alongside them — that the fountain was never really the problem.
INSIDE THE BOOK
Seven gentle steps, one story at a time
Each chapter carries a child-sized version of a level from the Seven Levels Framework — the same framework Ian Renaud introduced for conflict resolution professionals in Resolving From Within.
1
Make Space Safe
Space
2
Feel Your Feelings
Emotions
3
Remember Your Worth
Identity
4
Build Humble Bridges
Relationships
5
Speak Your True Truth
Expression
6
Trust Your Inside Knowing
Intuition
7
See the Big Picture
Spirituality
WHY THIS BOOK EXISTS
Written by a guide, not a lecture
Ian Renaud is an author and a guide. He created the Seven Levels Framework and wrote Resolving From Within for the mediators, therapists, HR leaders, and parents who use it every day.
The Seven Steps to Peace offers that same framework to the youngest peacemakers in your life — not as rules to follow, but as a story to feel. Grumpkin and Huffle don't get a tidy lesson handed to them. They get curious, they get honest, and they find their own way back to each other.
WHERE IT FITS
For story time, circle time, or the quiet moment after
A few of the ways families and classrooms are already using it.
1
Bedtime read-aloud
A soft landing for the nights when a sibling squabble is still simmering at lights-out.
2
Circle-time discussion
A gentle opener for talking through a recess disagreement without naming names.
3
The calm-down corner
A book kids can return to on their own, again and again, until the steps feel familiar.
4
A shared vocabulary
Words for naming big feelings at home — without shame, and without a lecture attached.
Bring the seven steps home
The full 18-page story, free — for the families and classrooms who could use a gentler way through conflict.
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