Jeanie Franz Ransom schrijft heerlijke prentenboeken voor kinderen, vaak met een speelse draai aan klassieke sprookjes en een slim gebruik van woordspelingen. Voortbouwend op haar achtergrond als counselor op de basisschool, duiken haar verhalen in thema's die relevant zijn voor jonge lezers, zoals conflictoplossing en sociale dynamiek. Door boeiende verhalen en een grillige toon moedigt ze kinderen aan om kritisch na te denken over bekende verhalen en tegelijkertijd essentiële levensvaardigheden te ontwikkelen.
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.