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Bravely Battle Brace-ism
Book Description:
When Sarah discovered that she was going to have to enter the seventh grade wearing braces, she wondered, “How will I handle it when people taunt me with brace-ist remarks? Will I manage to feel empowered or belittled?”
Three other rising seventh graders wondered the very same thing. All four of them spent the summer preparing.
When the school year began, they joined forces and interchanged multiple humorous and clever retorts. Before long, they found themselves relishing the opportunity to trailblaze numerous ways to triumph over toxic Brace-ism.
Should your preteen and teen have to also wear braces, they, too, will learn multiple ways to successfully challenge Brace-ism. You may even wish to donate an extra copy to your orthodontist and school library.
About the author: Debbie Dunn has been a professional storyteller since 1989. She has also served as a teacher of at-risk teens, an anti-bullying specialist, and she taught both elementary and middle school. She now indulges her passion for anti-bullying and her love of nature, traveling, and writing as she follows the trail of at-risk animals and strives to help young people at risk, as well.
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Goofy Jane
Book Description:
Once there was a goofy gal named Jane. More than anything in the world, eighteen-year-old Jane wanted to be a movie star. To that end, each day, she would go into town to take either dancing lessons or singing lessons or acting lessons.
An important Hollywood agent, Mr. Headworthy, lived just down the street. On his days off, as he worked in his garden, he got very curious to always see Jane sashay by on her way to and from town. One day, he decided to ask her. And that is where the fun begins.
It will soon become very clear just why it is so important to be an effective communicator. Just watch the numerous ways that Jane very nearly ruined her chance to be an actress in Hollywood.
About the author: Debbie Dunn has been a professional storyteller since 1989. She has also served as a teacher of at-risk teens, an anti-bullying specialist, and she taught both elementary and middle school. She now indulges her passion for anti-bullying and her love of nature, traveling, and writing as she follows the trail of at-risk animals and strives to help young people at risk, as well.
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Squirrel Rejects His Bushy Tail
Book Description:
Squirrel loved to brag more than just about anything else in the world. Sadly, all that bragging was a cover-up for hiding his big secret.
What was his secret? Squirrel truly thought his tail was ugly and useless. When confronted by a hungry hawk, will Squirrel learn his lesson that all parts of his body are essential and important before it is too late?
This story of Squirrel attempting to reject his bushy tail was inspired by hearing a Native American tale about Coyote plus the author’s past weight loss efforts. See if it reminds you of any time when you might have rejected or put down any part of your body or life.
About the author: Debbie Dunn has been a professional storyteller since 1989. She has also served as a teacher of at-risk teens, an anti-bullying specialist, and she taught both elementary and middle school. She now indulges her passion for anti-bullying and her love of nature, traveling, and writing as she follows the trail of at-risk animals and strives to help young people at risk, as well.
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Little G and her Guardian Sea Turtle
Book Description:
On the day the clutch of 120 tiny Loggerhead Sea Turtles were born, these tiny hatchlings had to survive predators of land, air, and sea.
Little G hoped that she and her sisters would manage to survive and thrive.
How will Little G endure almost getting captured by a Ghost Crab, the two- to three-day swimming frenzy, facing the grief of losing the sister who actually saved her life, and find her way to a floating Sargassum raft?
Thanks to Big G, her Guardian Sea Turtle, she might actually get that chance to someday be a future sea turtle grandmama.
About the author: Debbie Dunn has been a professional storyteller since 1989. She has also served as a teacher of at-risk teens, an anti-bullying specialist, and she taught both elementary and middle school. She now indulges her passion for anti-bullying and her love of nature, traveling, and writing as she follows the trail of at-risk animals and strives to help young people at risk, as well.
