Category: Children Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN-10: 157392010X
Type: Fiction
Pages: 115
Copyright: October 1995
A great interactive book to get your kids or students(ages 6-12) thinking and talking about moral choices.
There are 25 problem stories and the reader is asked what he or she would do in each situation. There are also thought questions at the end of each story which facilitate great discussions about moral choices. Has received excellent reviews!
Excerpt
Is it wrong to cheat on a test if everybody else is doing it? If your sister makes you promise not to tell that she's doing something wrong, should you tell your parents? Is it all right to make fun of someone else because the other kids are doing it? If your best friends are fighting, should you pick sides?
There are questions like these following each of the stories to get the reader thinking and talking about what he or she would do in different situations.
Professional Reviews
Theresa Foy DiGeronimo, Co-Author of Raising A Thinking Child
"This kind of practical, hands-on, use-it-right-now book is just what every parent of school-age kids needs."
Mary Beth Blegen, 1996 National Teacher of the Year
"I like the fact that your book uses humor and directness to get at some important stuff in kids' lives. Kid need to talk. We need to listen."
Rabbi Max A. Shapiro Center for Jewish-Christian Learning
"A timely and necessary book. I recommend it not only for children but for teenagers and adults who undoubtedly could profit from it."
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