There\'s a new kid in the kindergarten class, but she won\'t say a word! But ...
It\'s a strong choice for character education lessons on kindness, empathy, inclusiveness and caring..
This book is a perfect springboard for discussions about feelings, friendship, differences and belonging.
Christine Battuz\'s expressive illustrations clearly convey the friends\' emotions as they process this new experience and try to decide what to do about it.
This story sensitively captures a kindergartener\'s fears and uncertainties, especially around being new and different and models compassion, acceptance and friendship as a reassuring way for others to respond.
And when the others see how much fun they\'re having, they join in, too! It seems words aren\'t the only way to connect and be friends! In this charming picture book, Lana Button uses playful, cadenced rhyming text to explore the art of making a friend.
Happily, it works! Soon the pair find they can communicate with gestures, dancing, drawings and smiles.
Tayra doesn\'t even answer the teacher! Should they just leave her be? Maybe, Kitty decides, she can show Tayra things instead of telling her.
Speaking LOUDER doesn\'t help. does it really matter? This sweet story has a timely message: there are many ways to make --- and be --- a friend! The students in Miss Seabrooke\'s kindergarten class don\'t understand why the new student won\'t respond when they talk to her.
There\'s a new kid in the kindergarten class, but she won\'t say a word! But ..
