Books published by publisher Parenting Press Inc (US)

Teasing, theft and the need for privacy are just a few of the interpersonal issues children need to be able to handle. These new books introduce problem-solving techniques, including: -- Brainstorming possible solutions; -- Anticipating how each action will affect others; and-- Selecting the best solution for the situation.Each story presents several alternatives for readers to consider. Every choice leads to a different ending. Kids can decide whether they like how the story turns out -- or whether they want to go back and try another way of solving the problem. The stories also give adults an opportunity to ask children what other solutions they can suggest.Teasing's terrible -- but it's one of those problems kids have to learn to handle.Like all Kids Can Choose books, Heidi's Irresistible Hat helps children think through several possible solutions to an interpersonal issue. It shows how a girl deals with a classmate who just can't keep his hands off her special hat. She -- and the reader -- can try several alternatives for controlling the teasing. Heidi could get help from a grownup, ignore it, create a walking wall of friends to protect her, tie the hat on her head so tightly it can't come off . . . or?Each choice leads to a different ending for the story. Kids can decide whether they like this ending or want to go back and try a different way of solving the problem.

Teasing, theft and the need for privacy are just a few of the interpersonal issues children need to be able to handle. These new books introduce problem-solving techniques, including: -- Brainstorming possible solutions; -- Anticipating how each action will affect others; and-- Selecting the best solution for the situation.Each story presents several alternatives for readers to consider. Every choice leads to a different ending. Kids can decide whether they like how the story turns out -- or whether they want to go back and try another way of solving the problem. The stories also give adults an opportunity to ask children what other solutions they can suggest.When something disappears out of your lunch box or your locker or your desk every day, you'd like to say, No big deal. But even minor theft is a big deal to kids. Amy's Disappearing Pickle shows children several different ways of ending an annoying problem. Like all Kids Can Choose books, this story about theft emphasizes brainstorming solutions and evaluating each option before taking action. With guidance and practice, children can use the techniques in the book to solve their own problems.

Teasing, theft and the need for privacy are just a few of the interpersonal issues children need to be able to handle. These new books introduce problem-solving techniques, including: -- Brainstorming possible solutions; -- Anticipating how each action will affect others; and-- Selecting the best solution for the situation.Each story presents several alternatives for readers to consider. Every choice leads to a different ending. Kids can decide whether they like how the story turns out -- or whether they want to go back and try another way of solving the problem. The stories also give adults an opportunity to ask children what other solutions they can suggest.Kids need time for themselves -- but how do they learn to negotiate what they need? Like all Kids Can Choose books, Willy's Noisy Sister teaches children to understand common interpersonal problems. The emphasis is on choices and on learning to think through each alternative. In this story, the problem is personal space: a boy needs quiet time after the raucous school-bus ride home. But his little sister wants to play -- right now! Children can help Willy brainstorm ways of satisfying both himself and his sister.