Jeanie Franz Ransom schreibt Kinderbilderbücher, die oft eine humorvolle Wendung klassischer Märchen bieten und Wortspiele einsetzen. Aus ihrer Erfahrung als Grundschulberaterin schöpft sie Themen für ihre Geschichten, die junge Leser ansprechen, wie Konfliktlösung und soziale Dynamiken. Mit fesselnden Erzählungen und einem fantasievollen Ton regt sie Kinder an, über bekannte Geschichten nachzudenken und wichtige Lebenskompetenzen zu entwickeln.
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.