Jeanie Franz Ransom crea deliziosi libri illustrati per bambini, spesso con un tocco giocoso alle fiabe classiche e un uso intelligente di giochi di parole. Attingendo alla sua esperienza di consulente scolastica elementare, le sue storie approfondiscono temi rilevanti per i giovani lettori, come la risoluzione dei conflitti e le dinamiche sociali. Attraverso narrazioni avvincenti e un tono stravagante, incoraggia i bambini a pensare in modo critico alle storie familiari promuovendo al contempo abilità essenziali per la vita.
Teaches kids when squealing on a fellow classmate is appropriate and when it is merely tattling! Set in a school classroom, the kids in the class constantly tattle on each other, creating an air of frustration and distrust. The teacher, rather than policing the situation, addresses underlying feelings and encourages mutual problem solving.
A scrambled mess . . . Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. Or--as his brother Detective Joe Dumpty thinks--was he pushed? This case isn't all it's cracked up to be. Suspects are plenty (as are the puns) in this scrambled story of nursery rhyme noir. Was it Little Miss Muffet? There's something not right about her tuffet. Or could it have been Chicken Little, who's always been a little cagey? Or was it the Big Bad Wolf, who's got a rap sheet as long as a moonless night? Joe's on the beat and determined to find the truth. Readers of all ages will delight in the word play and hilarious illustrations in this mystery of what really happened to Humpty Dumpty on that fateful day.
When a child's parents tell her that they have decided to divorce, the last thing she wants to do is to talk about it. Instead, she wants to roar like a lion so she can't hear their words. This story reveals a range of feelings a young child might experience when a family is confronting divorce. schovat popis
This is a picture book story about a small wolf who encounters a big problem on the way to school. It is a modern twist on the classic tale in which a little wolf's unexpected solution to the class bully is met with surprising success. The book talks about bullying, and what to do / how to find help (school counsellor) should you need to.