Not Fair, Won't Share: A book about sharing

by Sue Graves, Desideria Guicciardini (Illustrator)

Overview

When Nora, Dan, and Henry have trouble sharing at school, they all end up feeling mad. With the help of their teacher, the friends learn that when kids get frustrated, there are ways to calm down, share, and play fairly.

Our Emotions and Behavior series
The Our Emotions and Behavior series uses cheerful brightly illustrated stories to help kids understand how their emotions and actions are related—and how they can learn to manage both. At the end of each book, a two-page series of pictures invites kids to tell a story in their own words. A special section for adults suggests discussion questions and ideas for guiding children to talk about their feelings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781575423753
Publisher:	Free Spirit Publishing
Publication date:	06/01/2011
Series:	Our Emotions and Behavior
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	28
Sales rank:	420,114
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Sue Graves is a former teacher and a published author.

She writes fiction and nonfiction for children from preschool to high school. Sue is married and has four children and two grandchildren.

She loves playing golf, painting watercolors, and walking in the countryside around her home in England.

Editorial Reviews

Exuberant color illustrations bring to life simple stories about ordinary children interacting with their friends at school or at play. . . .The Our Emotions and Behavior series is enthusiastically recommended for parents as well as school and library children’s collections.

Midwest Book Review

Titles in the series capture the big emotions that all kids feel. The stories are perfect for young readers.

From the Publisher

The books would be helpful for teaching children [the concepts of rules, sharing, fears, and sadness] as well as beginning a dialogue with children about them. Teachers and school counselors will want to consider adding these to their library as they will undoubtedly be a good resource in classrooms.

Chris Singer

The Our Emotions and Behavior series offer[s] young children and their caregivers help with hard-to-manage feelings and inappropriate actions . . . The simple texts are direct, and the endings are consistently upbeat . . . These purposeful books will be useful in many libraries.

Booklist

Titles in the series capture the big emotions that all kids feel. The stories are perfect for young readers.

Imagination Soup

“Not Fair, Won’t Share” is a picture book from a series titled Our Emotions and Behavior which helps young children understand their feelings and emotions. Written especially for children between the ages of 4 and 8, “Not Fair Won’t Share” presents a typical classroom dilemma when Nora won’t take turns with other children in the school’s Space Station. Everyone including the teacher, Miss Clover, gets mad! Then they all take a deep breath, spend some time in other quiet pursuits safely, calm down, say “I’m sorry!” and learn to try having fun while sharing fairly. Pictures at the book’s end allow children to tell stories about the process of learning to share. Additional notes to adults about how to use the book with children provide other learning games and discussion ideas. The spunky, colorful illustrations make the story’s impact vivid and positive for children. Additional recommended titles in this series by the same authors includes “But Why Can’t I?”, “I’m Not Happy”, and “Who Feels Scared?”.

Midwest Book Review: Children’s Bookwatch:

“Not Fair, Won’t Share” is a picture book from a series titled Our Emotions and Behavior which helps young children understand their feelings and emotions. Written especially for children between the ages of 4 and 8, “Not Fair Won’t Share” presents a typical classroom dilemma when Nora won’t take turns with other children in the school’s Space Station. Everyone including the teacher, Miss Clover, gets mad! Then they all take a deep breath, spend some time in other quiet pursuits safely, calm down, say “I’m sorry!” and learn to try having fun while sharing fairly. Pictures at the book’s end allow children to tell stories about the process of learning to share. Additional notes to adults about how to use the book with children provide other learning games and discussion ideas. The spunky, colorful illustrations make the story’s impact vivid and positive for children. Additional recommended titles in this series by the same authors includes “But Why Can’t I?”, “I’m Not Happy”, and “Who Feels Scared?”.

Midwest Book Review: Children’s Bookwatch: