Carol mccloud the bucket lady is the author of ten books which began with the ever popular have you filled a bucket todaya guide to daily happiness for kids in 2006 by trade carol is a speaker author and certified emotional intelligence trainer her books have sold nearly three million copies in english and have been translated into many different languages a champion for bucket filling carol works with a powerful team who strive to help all ages grow in kindness self control . Since her first book have you filled a bucket today a guide to daily happiness for kids was published in 2006 carol mccloud has authored or coauthored seven additional books on bucket. Since her first book have you filled a bucket today a guide to daily happiness for kids was published in 2006 carol mccloud has authored or coauthored seven additional books on bucket. Have you filled a bucket today is a book about feelings and making the right choices this is a guide to use with others in order to learn and share good ideas and feelings with one another carol mccloud describes how everyone in the world has their very own invisible bucket and through actions and words you will either fill a bucket or dip a bucket to help the children understand what makes a bucket filler examples are given such as smiling and saying hi to the bus driving or