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ParentSmart/KidHappy Series
The Language of Positive Parenting
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READY FOR BED
Available June 2008
written by Stacey R. Kaye
illustrated by Elizabeth O. Dulemba
Free Spirit Publishing
Trade Picture Book
Hardcover ISBN# 978-1575422695
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READY FOR THE DAY
Available June 2008
written by Stacey R. Kaye
illustrated by Elizabeth O. Dulemba
Free Spirit Publishing
Trade Picture Book
Hardcover ISBN# 978-1575422688
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READY TO PLAY!
Available April 2009
written by Stacey R. Kaye
illustrated by Elizabeth O. Dulemba
Free Spirit Publishing
Trade Picture Book
Hardcover ISBN# 978-1575423180 |
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Concept:
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ParentSmart/KidHappy is a series of kid-friendly picture books that use stories about
families dealing with common parent-child struggles - such as going to bed
and getting ready in the morning - to model positive parenting techniques.
To learn more go to ParentSmartKidHappy.com
and watch these television interviews with author, Stacey Kaye (click the images):
WCCO Interview with morning anchor Angela Davis
(April 23, 2008)
Good Day Atlanta - September 8, 2008 |
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Wallpaper:
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Right click on an image below (under 1mb) to download it for your desktop.
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Click on an image below to download a jpg to color (under 1mb).
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For the Wheel of Choice you will need:
paper plate
brad
construction paper
glue
scissors
crayons
Click on the choice image below to download the images you will need.
Directions: Click on and print out the images below. Color them with your crayons and cut them out. Draw pie slices across your paper plate. Glue an image into each slice. Cut an arrow from contruction paper and fit it to your plate with a brad. Ta-Da!
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Honors:
Ready for the Day! and Ready for Bed! are BOTH Gold Mom's Choice Award® winners in the Children's Picture Books - Growing Up category.
Ready for the Day named an Association of Booksellers for Children's (ABC) Top Title for Back to School in their 2008 ABC Toolbox!
 Ready for the Day! written by Stacey R. Kaye, and illustrated by Yours Truly, published by Free Spirit Publishing, has been selected as an iParenting Media Awards Outstanding Product for 2008!
iParenting.com is one of the Internet’s most popular communities for parents and parents-to-be. Editor-in-Chief Elisa Ast All writes a syndicated monthly newspaper column and co-hosts the radio show “Points on Parenting,” where she features her favorite iParenting Media Award winners.
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Reviews:
Stacey Kaye has created a must-have seires that will make life easier for parents and their children. In a delightfully entertaining way, kids will learn from a very early
age skills to resolve typical, everyday strugges - skills they will take with them for the rest of their lives.
- Myran B. Shure, Ph.D.,
author of Raising a Thinking Childe and Thinking Parent, Thinking Child .
"Ready for the Day! A Tale of Teamwork and Toast, and Hardly Any Foot-Dragging," by Stacey R. Kaye, illustrated by Elizabeth O. Dulemba (Free Spirit Publishing, $12.95, ages 3-6). Part of a new series for parents and children to read together, "Ready" begins with a little girl who doesn't want to go to school. Instead of a typical tug-of-war, the father shows he understands and asks her to pick a game to play when they both get home. The morning preparations of father and daughter show a step-by-step guide to beginning the day with smiles instead of tantrums. The realistic illustrations successfully underline the author's purpose, which is to raise "confident, emotionally intelligent children." A boon to parents, teachers and, most of all, kids.
- Joanna H. Kraus, Correspondent, The Murcury News, Silicon Valley,
"Books for back-to-schoolers will set the classrooms abuzz"
Online Reviews:
Dana Reviews
Mighty Mommy
The Parent Bloggers Network
Snap Roswell Magazine - The Reading Tree
Ebony Mommy
mothergoosemouse
Mommy's Must Haves
Rookie Moms
My Family Loves It
Creature Bug and Mid-Campaign Post
Formula Fed and Flexible Parenting
Boston Mamas
Chicky Chicky Baby
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