In another children’s novel series, we look at the Inclusive Ninja by Mary Nhin. The last book we talked about was The Masked Ninja, which took a look at wearing masks, washing your hands, and keeping areas clean. About the Author Mary Nhin has a whole series all involving a ninja, some of the book... Continue Reading →
Children’s Novel Series: The Jelly Donut Difference
In a previous part of the children’s novel series we look at another kid’s novel written by Maria Dismondy. Last book we talked about diversity with We’re Different We’re The Same. In the The Jelly Donut Difference, we take a look at social issues as well as values, virtues and kindness. About the Author Maria... Continue Reading →
Children’s Novel Series: Masked Ninja
Welcome back to the children’s novel series! In a previous post we discussed The Jelly Donut Difference, a book that brings to light different social issues, values, virtues, and the idea of spreading kindness. In this section of this series we will dive into Masked Ninja, part of the Ninja Series by Mary Nhin. About... Continue Reading →
Children’s Book Series: Master of Mindfulness
Authors of Masters of Mindfulness One of the authors of the book is Laurie Grossman, she is the founder of the mindfulness-in-education movement and is a social worker for the Oakland community. She strongly believes that mindfulness in school is the key to help achieve social justice. Jon Kabat-Zinn is an American professor that created... Continue Reading →
Children’s Book Series: Dinosaur Divorce
Authors of Dinosaur Divorce Laurene Krasny Brown was born in New York City, NY. She has authored and illustrated sixteen children's books. She has a background in education, the arts, and children's cognitive development and is in the fine art's career. While her husband, Marc Brown is an American author and illustrator of children's books.... Continue Reading →
Children’s Novel Series (We’re Different We’re The Same)
In the second part of our children’s novel series we take a look at a Sesame Street book written by Bobby Kates. In our last blog we talked about Jenny Is Scared! We looked at ways to help children not feel scared as well as anxiety in children. In this book we are taking a... Continue Reading →
Children’s Novel Series (Jenny Is Scared!)
Welcome to a new blog series. Where we will help educate parents and children about mental health in children and about diversity. It is important to not just teach parents, but even children about mental health and diversity in the world today. About the Author of the Book Jenny Is Scared!” The author of this... Continue Reading →