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Piggie Bear is an award-winning character created by the Extraordinary Lives Foundation to help improve children's emotional well-being.

Piggie Bear products help improve emotional resilience in young children, teaching them the ABC’s of emotional wellness.

Piggie Bear teaches:

  • Kindness

  • Compassion

  • Self-Love

  • Calming Skills

  • Empowering Words

  • Resilience

As Piggie Bear always says: “You Are AMAZING!”

Author Mara J. James

  • Piggie Bear Store

    Explore our assortment of Piggie Bear products that are designed to educate children about self-love and emotional awareness. All proceeds from Piggie Bear sales support the mission of the Extraordinary Lives Foundation.

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  • Piggie Bear Videos

    Share the power of Piggie Bear with your child by watching Piggie Bear’s educational videos.

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  • Piggie Bear in the Community

    Piggie Bear has been empowering children in the community and beyond, sharing his educational tools. Explore our photo gallery to see his impact.

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“Mara James has taken a key principle of developmental psychology and turned it into an easily digestible and entertaining story for young children. Piggie Bear provides a model for young children to begin naming and coping with difficult emotions, central ingredients of mental health. Until they learn to show themselves self-compassion, Piggie Bear can do it for them.”

Jessica Borelli, Ph.D (Associate Professor, UC Irvine)