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Theo's Deliciously Different Dumplings

$18.00

Featured in The Children's Book Council's December 2022 Hot Off the Press list and receiver of the 2023 Eric Hoffer Finalist Book Award!

In Theo's Deliciously Different Dumplings, an ECSELent Adventures story, Theo is nervous about his first day at a new school.

A lunch box full of his favorite homemade dumplings is just the thing to make him feel better . . . or is it? One teasing classmate isn't so sure about this unfamiliar food, and he isn't shy about letting Theo know. Learn, grow, and develop alongside Theo and his classmates as they discover the importance of understanding, accepting, and embracing the many wonderful things that make us different, as well as one thing we all have in common-our emotions!

Theo and friends (characters in Housman Institute's ECSELent Adventures program) invite children to join them as they begin to understand and manage their own emotions and those of others, all while exploring what makes them unique and what binds them together, and discovering everyone's ability to accept and embrace differences.

Featured in The Children's Book Council's December 2022 Hot Off the Press list and receiver of the 2023 Eric Hoffer Finalist Book Award!

In Theo's Deliciously Different Dumplings, an ECSELent Adventures story, Theo is nervous about his first day at a new school.

A lunch box full of his favorite homemade dumplings is just the thing to make him feel better . . . or is it? One teasing classmate isn't so sure about this unfamiliar food, and he isn't shy about letting Theo know. Learn, grow, and develop alongside Theo and his classmates as they discover the importance of understanding, accepting, and embracing the many wonderful things that make us different, as well as one thing we all have in common-our emotions!

Theo and friends (characters in Housman Institute's ECSELent Adventures program) invite children to join them as they begin to understand and manage their own emotions and those of others, all while exploring what makes them unique and what binds them together, and discovering everyone's ability to accept and embrace differences.

SPECS

  • Imprint: Brown Books Kids

  • BISAC: Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement

  • Format: Hardcover

  • Page Count: 32

  • Publication Date: November 29, 2022

  • ISBN-13: 9781612546094

  • Dimensions: 10" x 11"

  • US List Price: $18.00

  • Carton QTY: 28

AUTHOR BIO

Dr. Donna Housman has spent her professional career in the world of early childhood development and education. As a clinical psychologist, she began her career working with children and adolescents on issues such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and suicide. Believing that it is far easier to prevent than repair, Dr. Housman founded Housman Institute, along with its lab school and early childhood development center, based on emotional foundations of learning and cognition and informed by research in neuroscience, child development and early education. Seizing the opportunity to inform the architecture of the brain in the earliest years, her Emotional, Cognitive, and Social Early Learning approach, begin to ECSEL, promotes healthy brain development and a positive sense of self by fostering the building blocks of emotional intelligence starting from birth. Dr. Housman has trained thousands of early childhood educators, children, and families in her ECSEL approach while being a consistent source of vital counsel and guidance for families and educators on young children's social and emotional development.

ILLUSTRATOR BIO

Renée Andriani graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and worked as an artist and writer for Hallmark for many years before starting her own graphic recording business and illustrating full time. Renée has created art for more than 25 children's books for clients including Little, Brown, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Holiday House, and Penguin Random House. She was especially drawn to working on the ECSELent Adventures series because of all the fun and expressiveness in the stories and characters! She grew up in Connecticut and now lives near Kansas City, Missouri.

PRAISE

“Dr. Housman’s diverse characters help children celebrate their similarities and differences and be proud of who they are. Children will learn the foundational skills necessary to become resilient and compassionate.” —Sandy Avzaradel, M.S. Ed. Director of Start Well: Mental Health Consultation for Early Care and Education