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Making Good Choices Book 1: Taking Responsibility Builds Trust by Karen Sue Wiesner (Children's Picture Book)
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Featured Author: Kathy Boswell for The Best Reviews http://thebestreviews.com I read this adorable colorful non-fiction children's book in a matter of a few minutes. It is a lovely tool to help even the youngest children take responsibility for what they do. It also shows them what the right choice and what the wrong choice would be.
Incorporated within this small book are incentives for children to read to the end and to see what the right choice or the wrong choice would be.
I believe Karen Sue Wiesner has come up with a great tool to help not only youngsters but also their parents to make the right choices not only with their actions but with parenting skills as well. I look forward to more books in this fine educational series.
Featured Author: Janean Nusz of AuthorsArt.com for Word Museum www.wordmuseum.com 4 1/2 Stars!
Four stories are included in this interactive illustrated children's book by multi-talented author Karen Sue Wiesner. All four, as the title suggests, deal with building trust and being responsible. The first story shows a bad example of Cody's behavior and the choices he makes during a visit to the park, allowing young readers to make these choices right along with the main character. The second story gives a good example of Cody's visit to the park, and also allows children to make choices with the character by clicking links in the book. The third and fourth stories show good and bad examples of Caleb's behavior in the setting of a night spent at a friend's house.
As a parent, I believe that my favorite story in the book would have to be the fourth story. In this story, Ms. Wiesner gives such good advice to children about building trust with their parents by taking responsibility. Advice like: "put your dishes in the sink after breakfast" and "set the table at dinnertime." When children get this message from another source, other than their family, this message can become even more powerful and thought-provoking for youngsters. This book enables children to become more - more responsible, more trustworthy, and more pleasant to be around.
Taking Reponsibilty Builds Trust also includes several bonus features, in which the guide, Reb Racoon, is represented holding either a golden star or a seedling. By clicking on these features, children can learn valuable information, like the meaning of trust and what it means make parents proud. These definitions come with an easy to understand example, written from a child's point-of-view, that will help young readers relate even more with the characters in this unique book.
Not only is this interactive book an innovative use of today's growing technology, but it incorporates good, old-fashioned values, too! How can you beat that? Not only does the book help build computer skills, but young readers also learn valuable lessons in the process. The illustrations by talented artist Robert Beers are wonderfully cute, with the eye-popping colors that younger children love. And the adorable 'guide', Reb Racoon, adds just the right amount of fun to the book.
Ms. Wiesner has done an excellent job writing a book that will be loved by both children, and their parents. The book's straight-forward, never preachy, way of teaching valuable lessons will endear it to children everywhere, and the often-longed-for instruction of character values and morals will have parents exclaiming in delight! Kudos to Ms. Wiesner for providing such a fantastic read for children - I give this book a 4 ½ rating.
Featured Author: A.J. Russo, Ph.D., President, Hypertech Media, Inc. www.hypertechmedia.com and Author of Aerobella, EPPIE finalist 2003 Through interactivity, colorful, creative illustrations and story telling, Karen Wiesner and Robert Beers give children and parents an opportunity to think, interact and learn about making good decisions. Throughout the stories, the author gives sensitive, caring advice to the reader.
I found the interactivity of the book refreshing. This is the type of story that is enhanced as an ebook. Even if a bound book had this type of interactivity, the shuffling back and forth would be cumbersome.
Karen Wiesner's advice to kids and parents is intelligent and right on target. As I read, I thought about how my sons would have responded to the guidance. It struck me that it would have been wonderful to read this ebook with my children. The opportunity for further discussion between parent and child about the decisions depicted in these stories, as well as other choices children face, makes this a brilliant book.
I highly recommend 'Taking Responsibility Builds Trust' for children, as well as parents, and look forward to reading the rest in the Making Good Choices Series."
Featured Author: Valerie Hardin, author for My Grandmother's Wedding, (Eppie Finalist 2003), I'm With My Mom On Sunday (Eppie Finalist 2001) Two Taking Responsibility Builds Trust" by Karen Wiesner is well-suited for a classroom setting.... It teaches trust and responsibility and is interactive, and gives children the ability to make their own choices. The e-book version also can teach valuable computer skills for both child and teacher. The child need not be online to read.
Featured Author: Jennifer LB Leese, Children's Book Review Columnist http://www.fictionforum.net/kids/column/index.html & http://www.geocities.co There is no foolproof method of raising confident, helpful, and trustworthy children, but Karen Wiesner has come close to providing parents with one.
Wiesner's book TAKING RESPONSIBILITY BUILDS TRUST gives children and parents the opportunity to interact while raising questions within the child. It is an interactive story from the "Making Good Choices Series." This book is complete with full-color illustrations. The author wrote this book to provide parents and children with the ways to work together. Reb Raccoon, the mascot, talks directly to the reader, gives instructions on how to use the book, and adds a cool, up-to-date style to an instructive book.
Times today are different for children today. In general, at one time or another, your child will have to make a hard decision. They don't have the freedom their parents had growing up, and this changes the way children think about our society, freedom, and self-exploration. This causes hardships between kids and their parents, which makes it harder to teach them how to make good choices. Trust is one of those. Parents must teach their children how to trust, as well as teaching them the importance of having others trust them.
Within Wiesner's book are sections such as "Plant a seed" and "Gold Star." These sections allow the children to learn more about responsibility, trust, and gives suggestions on how to fill yourself and your parents with pride.
This reviewer thoroughly enjoyed reading this book to her children, and plans to read it often. Good job-can't wait for the next book in the series.
Featured Author: Christine Spindler, E-Books for Kids, http://www.ebooks.christinespindler.de There are more self-help books for grown-ups than you can read in a hundred lifetimes. Finally, here's a series of self-help books for kids. It's so much easier to learn the basic lessons early in life than later-on, when the wrong reactions have become hard-to-break habits.
The "Making Good Choices Series" talks directly to kids. It takes them seriously and addresses all the problems they face when growing up. Reb Raccoon, really cool-looking with his sun-glasses, guides the kids through the series.
Interactive stories show everyday situations and how a child deals with them. Then the reader can decide whether the choices were right or wrong. There are also positive messages and extra fun, called "seeds" and "stars". All this makes sure that the kids have fun while at the same time learning a lot of new things about themselves and the world around them.
The concept is really fascinating. Every child reading "Taking Responsibility Builds Trust" will recognize the situations and will be curious to find out how the problems involved can be overcome. Highly recommended!
Featured Author: children's book author Diana Lesire Brandmeyer www.dianabrandmeyer.com Making Good Choices is filled opportunities to encourage conversations with your children. Wiesner has drawn on her experience as mother to make common lectures into fun. Being able to choose yes or no to questions an only delight a child. Even a child who will constantly choose the right answer will benefit in the understanding of others when going back to chose the wrong answer. This series can only be a win win for children and their parents. The bright graphics by Robert Lee Beers grab attention and excellently portray Wiesner's written words.
Featured Author: Linda S. Dupie, Editor, Rainy Day Corner, http://www.rainydaycorner.com/ When I sat down at my computer to read the e-book Making Good Choices, I started reading and taking notes on what I would write for this review. I was impressed with the simplicity and clarity of the book, but that's an adults point of view and everything I wrote seemed lacking. Then my six-year-old walked into the room. A light bulb moment happened, I asked her to help me with my work. Of course she hesitated until I told her it involved reading a book and then the hesitation turned into a resounding "Yes!"
We started out by learning about the cute and cuddly guide for the book Reb, who also happens to be a raccoon. Reb guides the child through the story with Seeds of Understanding. These seeds represent words that are hot linked with short definitions to help re-enforce their understanding of the story.
My daughter enjoyed the stories and identified with them. She made her choices at the end of each story with confidence. She gave it two thumbs up!
The stories opened the way for my daughter and I to discuss her choices. Making Good Choices, by Karen Wiesner is both fun and educational. It's a wonderful interactive way to enjoy an e-book whether it's your first or one hundredth."
Featured Author: Dusty Rhodes, retired pastor and author of Man Hunter, Shiloh, Jedidiah Boone, and Death Rides A Pale Horse http://www.eclectics I just finished reading and re-reading "Taking Responsibility Builds Trust" by Karen Sue Wiesner and illustrated beautifully by Robert Lee Beers. It is the first book of her "Making good Choices" series published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
I must say, this book is the most fascinating and thought-provoking children's I have read in years. The author has discovered a way of dealing with enormously complicated questions which each of our children face every day of their life.
The "targeted audience" of pre-school and elementary aged school children are presented in a series of "everyday life" scenarios, then are asked to make a "choice" as to how they would have handled the situation. After choosing, they are shown the consequences of their decision, then presented with the correct responses they should have made.
As a retired pastor and educator for more than twenty years, I can enthusiastically recommend this book. It should be "required reading" for every young child in America.
Featured Author: Wee Ones Magazine www.weeonesmag.com Meet Reb Raccoon as he takes kids through a series of stories and teaches them in a fun way, how to make good choices. We love this book because of it's interactive components. Clickable links help kinds to better understand concepts. The pictures are bright and extremely personable. Children from preschool through elementary school will enjoy this book. The quality is superb as is the many messages it sends.
Featured Author: Betty Jo Schuler http://home.webworks2000.net/bschuler/bettyjo.html Karen Wiesner, an expert in the field of electronic publishing, makes excellent use of this medium in her first children's book, TAKING RESPONSIBILITY BUILDS TRUST. The interactive format and clever illustrations by Robert Beers are a winning combination.
Examples used are situations a child often encounters, so he/she will find them useful in their lives. Planting "seeds of understanding" and receiving "Reb's Gold Stars" are clever reinforcement features that add to the fun and learning.
I look forward to future books in the "Making Good Choices" series. As a children's author and former elementary school teacher, I highly recommend this interactive book by Ms. Wiesner and Mr. Beers.
Featured Author: HUNTRESS REVIEWS (Reviewed by Detra Fitch) http://www.huntressreviews.com/eallkids.htm 5 STARS!
The Making Good Choices series is an interactive set of stories and illustrations designed to help parents and kids understand each other and to work together toward making good decisions. The series is designed for preschoolers and elementary school-aged kids. Each book has a set of short stories where the character (a child) makes choices. This book focuses on "responsibility" and "trust". This book has a boy with two stories. In the first, his choices are made on a playground. In the second, his choices are made during a sleep-over with a friend.
Your child will read this story and decide whether the story's character made good choices or not. By clicking on YES or NO your child is able to be interactive with the story. Which ever answer your child clicks on, the story will take your child to another section of the book and tell him/her if the answer they chose was good or not. Then it explains WHY.
The host of the book is Reb Raccoon. Reb will award your child gold stars for good choices, as well as, plant "seeds of knowledge". Children will enjoy interacting with Reb Raccoon and will read the book over and over. It is a perfect way to help children learn about building trust and taking responsibility for their own actions. A print version of the series will be released later. PERSONALLY, I prefer the electronic version of the series. WHY? A simple click of a mouse shows your child whether his/her answer was a good choice or not. The print version will have the answers in the back of the book. I look forward to the second book of this series. Highly recommended!
Featured Author: Denise M. Clark for ENZM.com The Making Good Choices e-book series is an interactive set of stories primarily written for elementary aged children. This book, "Taking Responsibility Builds Trust" is obviously about trust. A character named Reb Raccoon guides young readers through a series of stories incorporating 'the Good Choice Kids', in given circumstances and then asking the reader whether the kids made good choices or not within those scenarios.
For example, the one of the stories revolves around a young boy named Cody and his mother, who go to the playground. Cody's mother sits on a bench to read while Cody plays nearby. But Cody has trouble interacting with other children and after several examples of his bad behavior are illustrated, the reader is asked about the kinds of choices Cody made. Doing so gives the young reader clear examples of both good and bad behavior and guides them toward an understanding of what is expected of them.
This e-book will definitely appeal to young children, especially since it is interactive and allows the child to jump around by clicking on various links within the pages. Ms. Wiesner's writing style is clear and simply structured, and each page is illustrated with friendly, colorful and engaging characters through the talent of artist Beers.
Thoughtful, friendly and appealing, "Taking Responsibility Builds Trust" is a definite plus on any parent's bookshelf.
Featured Author: Paula Kirman for Women Writers at About http://womenwriters.about.com/cs/childrensya/gr/responsible.htm This interactive e-book for young children by Karen Sue Wiesner encourages children to make good choices by presenting different scenarios and asking them to make judgement calls.
An excellent teaching tool for very young children, "Taking Responsibility Builds Trust" allows children to make choices and see the consequences. It is easy to navigate, and is most suitable for ages ten and under... Beers' illustrations are cute and colorful."
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