"It's the night before the first day of basketball season, and Coach David is nervous about how to get his players to come together as a team this year. Pacing the house, he remembers a fable his mother told him about sticks. He gathers a bunch of sticks, and the next day, he gives the team a task: each player has a word on their stick and needs to find a partner with the same word. Together, they research why a team needs that trait in order to be their best. To succeed, they also need to make the sticks unbreakable. Through exploring the power of belief, ownership, connection, love, inclusion, consistency, and hope, the team learns that they're stronger when they stick together. Stick Together is an illustrated fable that teaches readers how to persevere through challenges and overcome obstacles to build an unbreakable team"--