I Really Don't Want to: Zoie Learns to Share

by Monique Joseph

Overview

The second in a series of three children's books inspired by an African-American toddler who learns great lessons in her everyday enchanting world.

Sharing, developing healthy relationships, showing compassion and understanding the differences are all social skills and behaviors we strive to teach our young ones.

Four-year old Afro-Puff wearing Zoie learns a new lesson of how to get along with her new friend Shawn. I Really Don't Want To: Zoie Learns to Share reinforces the important lessons of generosity and sharing. In this fun, entertaining and unique story, Zoie discovers that being selfish isn't kind and can hurt our friends. She soon learns that kindness is key to friendship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780998741239
Publisher:	Joseph House Books
Publication date:	05/04/2020
Series:	Zoie Adventures , #2
Pages:	36
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.07(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Monique is well-known for her long-term career as an Award-winning public relations and marketing expert. Over the past few years, she has become a leading advocate in developing early childhood education initiatives in underrepresented communities and fiercely promoting the advantages of diversity in early development learning.

Monique T. Joseph is 17-year entrepreneur veteran in public relations, communications and marketing. She attended the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana and later graduated from DePaul University with a Bachelors of Arts in Communications. Several years later returned to complete her Masters of Science in Public Administration Management.

While pregnant with her daughter in 2012 she founded her third company Urban Mommy Inc which works to inspire mothers all over the country. From her extensive writing on all things parenting, motherhood and life, some of the works were published in local and national magazines. After the birth of her daughter, she would soon begin her greatest work of affirming a strong, powerful and fearless daughter. She wanted to instill a passion for education, reading, loving herself and life. Soon, she was inspired by her daughters excitement towards learning and life and later began to chronicle those learning years.

Monique’s own fire and passion for reading and writing increased. Her daughters laughter, love for learning and passion of life helped to shape her vision of children’s literature inspired by images of cultural appreciation of black children. This turned into a series of writings entitled Zoie’s Adventures, which brings to life a toddler African-American girl who wears Afro-puffs and loves to share her everyday discoveries as she learns new lessons.

Monique shares her life with the two most important people in her world… her husband Sheldon and daughter Zoie. She is currently seeking additional distribution for her series of children’s books.

You may contact Monique through social media links above or via the contact page to receive an excerpt of the most recent work.