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Bounce Back! Resiliency Strategies Through Children's Literature
Mary Humphrey
Illustrations by Taia Morley and Megan Montague Cash
Book Code: LU4000
ISBN: 1-59158-400-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-400-1
100 pages, illustrations
Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 5/30/2008
List Price: $35.00 (UK Sterling Price: £19.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 8 1/2 x 11
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Description: Teaching resiliency is the next step in the character education movement. This book features 20 in depth lesson plans using two picture books and two intermediate novels for each of the five coping skills recommended to be taught as the underpinning for teaching resiliency: Work on a Talent, Look Within, Find a Champion, Rescue Yourself, and Help Others. Also included is a summary of the research and current thought on the teaching of resiliency and an additional annotated bibliography of books to use to teach each specific coping skill. The title also features an in depth description of a reading incentive program that builds resiliency skills. Grades K-6.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Lessons: Picture Books
  • The Lessons: Chapter Books
  • The Olympic Reading Challenge
  • Literacy Suggestions Supporting the Concept of Resiliency
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2007052931
LCC Class: PS490
Dewey Class: 809'
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