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Better Than A Bully: Carrot Top's Surprise
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Product Description ★ MOM'S CHOICE AWARDS HONORING EXCELLENCE, GOLD LEVEL 2020 ★ Levine's dazzling prose and compelling characters make for a charming middle-grade novel. Levine's plot is charming, entertaining, and quickly paced. BOOK LIFE CRITIC'S REPORT Meet Annie (aka Carrot Top), a middle-grade school girl socially and verbally bullied in a multicultural school environment. What makes her so resilient? See how she deals with a bully and bystanders. Can she turn a bullying situation around? Watch as bystanders deal with peer pressure and learn compassion and tolerance through one brave narrator, Tara. Feel the anxiety a bystander can experience even though they were not bullied. See if you can figure out what causes someone to become a bully. This fun but powerful story uses friendship, humor, surprise, and mystery, helping us learn about bullying. Readers will be fully engaged with the lovable characters and wanting to know how the story concludes. Studies show that bullying experienced by the one bullied, the bystander, and even the bully can have long-lasting physical and emotional health issues, even into adulthood. (ACEs). Included in the appendix are discussion questions for each chapter to aid insightful discussion about peer pressure, being bullied, being a bully, and being a bystander. See extra resources in the appendix. Review Tina Levine is a recipient of the prestigious Mom's Choice Award. The Mom's Choice Awards® (MCA) evaluates products and services created for parents and educators and is globally recognized for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. Using a rigorous evaluation process, entries are scored on a number of elements including production quality, design, educational value, entertainment value, originality, appeal and cost. Around the world, parents, educators, retailers and members of the media trust the MCA Honoring Excellence seal when selecting quality products and services for families and children. Better Than a Bully: Carrot Top's Surprise is a fascinating and entertaining story shedding a unique light on the bully, bystanders, and victims for upper elementary or middle school children. Don't miss the insightful opportunity to use the jumpstart questions provided for each chapter with your child, grandchild or student, or as a service provider. Andrew Pleener, psychiatrist, MD CEO of Regional Psychiatry Windermere, Florida "BOOKLIFE" PRIZE CRITIC'S REPORT Genre: Fiction/General Fiction (including literary and historical) Audience: Middle Grade Originality: Levine's dazzling prose and compelling characters make for a charming middle-grade novel. Plot: Levine's plot is charming, entertaining, and quickly paced. It will likely grab the attention of many young readers as they follow the students of Wilson Day School through their week. The various relationship dynamics that develop feel real and grounded. Prose/Style: Levine's well-wrought prose is delightful and appropriate for the young age of the protagonists, but never skews too juvenile or unbelievably naive. Character Development: Tara is a grounded protagonist and her journey as she navigates her guilt over bullying is admirable and likely relatable to many young readers. Annie is a sympathetic character whose optimism in the face of tragedy is sweet and moving. Here's what Goodreads reviewers say about "Better Than A Bully: Carrot Top's Surprise." "Highly recommend this book for children, parents and teachers."-retired principal "With charm and compassion, Levine shows how Tara, the "cool" kid, bears witness to the hidden strengths of Carrot Top, the overweight, unstylish recipient of scorn and cruelty." "Eye opening reading experience for children and adults alike." "It did bring tears to my eyes base on the warmth exhibited by the main characters and illustrations. About the Author Story Monsters Ink- Story Monsters LLC Congratulations to Tina
