Chicken Soup for the Soul is a series of books, usually featuring a collection of short, inspirational stories and motivational essays. The 101 stories in the first book of the series were compiled by motivational speakers Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. Jack Canfield is an American motivational speaker, trainer and author. ... Mark Victor Hansen is an American inspirational and motivational speaker, trainer and author. ...

There have been numerous volumes of Chicken Soup issued. As of January 2006, there were over 105 titles. Many of the books are directed at specific groups of people, e.g. Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul, Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Grandparent's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Ocean Lover's Soul, etc.

The first book sold over 2 million copies and launched the series. There are now over 100 million copies in print and in 54 languages world-wide. The Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul series (there are over 14 titles) is one of the first series of non-fiction books which have sold directly to teens in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia.

The series has spawned a number of imitators and parodies including Chicken Soup for the Vegetarian's Soul, as well as a line of licensed products, including greeting cards, calendars, gift products, pet food, CDs, DVDs, and nutritional supplements. A greeting card is a folded card featuring a message of greeting or other sentiment. ... A page from the Hindu calendar 1871-72. ... Love gift Man presents a cut of meat to a youth with a hoop. ... Articles in category Pet foods There are 16 articles in this section of this category. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or, incorrectly, Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... In the United States, a dietary supplement is defined under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 as a product taken by the mouth that contains a dietary ingredient that is intended as a supplement to the diet. ...

The name "Chicken Soup" was chosen for this series because of the use of chicken soup as a home remedy for the sick. A bowl of homemade chicken soup. ...

External links

• Official site

Licensed products

• Chicken Soup magazine
• Chicken Soup for the Soul albums (Rhino Records)
• Chicken Soup for the Soul supplements
• Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul pet food
• Chicken Soup for the Soul Fearless Flight Kit