10 Wise and Wonderful Stories for Children

10 Wise and Wonderful Stories for Children
Author: M. Valerie Schneider
Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications
Total Pages: 70
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781585956142

Through a winning combination of Scripture stories and original age-appropriate fictional stories, Story Lessons for Childen offers catechists and teachers an ideal way to weave gospel values with seasonal celebrations. Each lesson includes an Introduction with background information about the feast, a Scripture Reading followed by questions for discussion, a Meditation that helps children enter the Scripture story in a personal way, an Original Story with questions and responses, and Suggested Activities that help children integrate the Scripture message with the story.

The Wonderful Things You Will Be

The Wonderful Things You Will Be
Author: Emily Winfield Martin
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2015-08-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375982183

The New York Times bestseller that celebrates the dreams, acceptance, and love that parents have for their children . . . now and forever. This is the perfect heartfelt gift for kids of all ages, plus a great choice for baby showers, birthdays, graduations, and other new beginnings! From brave and bold to creative and clever, Emily Winfield Martin's rhythmic rhyme expresses all the loving things that parents think of when they look at their children. With beautiful, lush illustrations, this is a book that families will love reading over and over. The Wonderful Things You Will Be has a loving and truthful message that will endure for lifetimes and makes a great gift to the ones you love for any occasion.

I Choose To Try Again

I Choose To Try Again
Author: Elizabeth Estrada
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2021-06-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781637312094

In this rhyming story, Kiara learns how to keep going even when things get too hard. Through colorful illustrations and rhythmic rhymes, Kiara reflects on her mistakes and realizes that mistakes help her grow. Instead of avoiding them, she learns from them so she can improve. Do you want your child to learn about perseverance and diligence? Your child will learn how easy it is to get back up after failing. "I Choose to Try Again" is a story with social emotional learning (SEL) in mind. It has been praised by teachers and therapists worldwide. This story told from Kiara's point of view will help open your child's mind to what it feels like to fail, and then try again. Kiara will teach your child how to be mentally strong. With Kiara in real life examples, your child will learn to develop their understanding of their own emotions. Throughout the story, Kiara will show you what perseverance looks like. Teacher and Therapist Toolbox: I Choose is an empowering series curated to empower young children to become aware of big emotions. A new book series developed in tandem with teachers and therapists to help children cope with a range of emotions and teach them that they indeed hold the power to choose their actions and reactions. Try not to say 'never.'. That brainwashes you to fail. It means that you won't have the chance To raise the victory sail. "I Choose to Try Again" was developed alongside counselors and parents to be used as a resource in a social emotional curriculum.

Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You are So Old and Wise

Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You are So Old and Wise
Author: Katherine Rundell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2019
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 1526610078

_______________A pocket-sized, unmissable essay on the importance of children's literature by the bestselling and award-winning author, Katherine Rundell._______________'It's a very short book but it packs a real punch... A real delight' - Financial Times'Rundell is the real deal, a writer of boundless gifts and extraordinary imaginative power whose novels will be read, cherished and reread long after most so-called "serious" novels are forgotten' - Observer'Rundell's pen is gold-tipped' - Sunday Times_______________Katherine Rundell - Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and prize-winning author of five novels for children - explores how children's books ignite, and can re-ignite, the imagination; how children's fiction, with its unabashed emotion and playfulness, can awaken old hungers and create new perspectives on the world. This delightful and persuasive essay is for adult readers.

The Story Cure

The Story Cure
Author: Susan Elderkin
Publisher: Canongate Books
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2016-10-27
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1782115285

The stories that shape our children's lives are too important to be left to chance. With The Story Cure, bibliotherapists Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin have put together the perfect manual for grown-ups who want to initiate young readers into one of life's greatest pleasures. There's a remedy for every hiccup and heartache, whether it's between the covers of a picture book, a pop-up book, or a YA novel. You'll find old favourites like The Borrowers and The Secret Garden alongside modern soon-to-be classics by Michael Morpurgo, Malorie Blackman and Frank Cottrell-Boyce, as well as helpful lists of the right reads to fuel any obsession - from dogs or dinosaurs, space or spies. Wise and witty, The Story Cure will help any small person you know through the trials and tribulations of growing up, and help you fill their bookshelves with adventure, insight and a lifetime of fun.

The Hundred Dresses

The Hundred Dresses
Author: Eleanor Estes
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152052607

Eleanor Estes's The Hundred Dresses won a Newbery Honor in 1945 and has never been out of print since. At the heart of the story is Wanda Petronski, a Polish girl in a Connecticut school who is ridiculed by her classmates for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. Wanda claims she has one hundred dresses at home, but everyone knows she doesn't and bullies her mercilessly. The class feels terrible when Wanda is pulled out of the school, but by that time it's too late for apologies. Maddie, one of Wanda's classmates, ultimately decides that she is "never going to stand by and say nothing again." This powerful, timeless story has been reissued with a new letter from the author's daughter Helena Estes, and with the Caldecott artist Louis Slobodkin's original artwork in beautifully restored color.

Wise Words

Wise Words
Author: Peter J. Leithart
Publisher: Canon Press & Book Service
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1591280141

In the tradition of Grimm's fairy tales, Peter Leithart has collected eighteen bedtime tales, each set invoking imagery, plots, and themes taken from Scripture, and each reveals a biblical proverb.

26 Creative Celebrations for All Generations

26 Creative Celebrations for All Generations
Author: M. Valerie Schneider
Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2008
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781585957026

What a treasure this is! You and your catechists will love these creative ways to open your gatherings. They include reflections, interactive prayers, points for pondering, and unique ways to respond to the gospel message. What's covered: All Saints and All Souls Days, Advent, Christmas, Holy Family Sunday, Lent, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, the Ascension, and many more!

All Things Wise and Wonderful

All Things Wise and Wonderful
Author: James Herriot
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1977
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780816165254

James Herriot is probably the most beloved living writer. When All Things Bright and Beautiful was published three years ago, it became the number one best seller in the world, winning still new friends for the Yorkshire veterinarian whose first book All Creatures Great and Small had already been enjoyed by millions of readers. In this, his third book, he takes up where he left off-- both in terms of the warmth, humor, and skill with which he writes, and in the story itself. It is World War Two and James has just been inducted into the RAF. We see him at training camp and we go back to Yorkshire-- on real trips as he breaks away to see Helen who is about to have a baby, and on trips of reverie as he recalls the Dales, the animals, and the Yorkshire people who have so enriched his life. We meet old friends again-- his partner Siegfried, the zany Tristan, the bon vivant Granville Bennett-- and scores of new folk, each with a story to tell. James Herriot is back, and, as one reviewer said of his work, "If ever you have loved a friend, human or otherwise, this is the book for you."

Stories for Children

Stories for Children
Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2021-04-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781632921932

Isaac Bashevis Singer is known for his mastery of storytelling - but it was not until 1966, at the age of sixty-two, that he published his first children's book, Zlateh the Goat, a Newbery Honor Book and instant classic. Singer went on to write many stories for children, most of which are included in this volume, along with a brief introduction and a special epilogue, "Are Children the Ultimate Literary Critics?" The collection presents exuberant and timeless tales for children rich in fantasy and deeply rooted in the lost cultural tradition of his native Poland. A number of the stories appear in book form for the first time - and all have been translated from the Yiddish with the author's personal supervision.