What If Everybody Said That?

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Title:  What If Everybody Said That?

Author:   Ellen Javernick

Illustrations:   Colleen Madden

Publisher:   Two Lions

ISBN:  9781503948952

Review:

When children learn to be mindful and respectful, they can be much happier in their lives. They learn to share, compliment and speak up for others. What would happen if they weren’t? This story shares exactly what can happen and it’s not a good thing.

One little girl was asked by a group of boys if they could play pirates with her. She replied with “no boys allowed.” In class, this same little girl made fun of the art projects of the other children, the children were sad and no longer wanted to create art because they didn’t think they were good enough. This little girl screamed shark at the beach and created a panic. The little girl threw tantrums, made fun of other kids, didn’t share her lunch with a hungry classmate, and when her soccer team was losing she quit the team. After each awful thing she did or said an adult would say, “What if everybody said that?” What do you think could change the way of thinking of this little girl?

Author Ellen Javernick has created a story that will have young readers pondering how they treat people and even if they could be as mean as the little girl in the story. Detailed and colorful illustrations show readers just what another person feels like when they are treated badly. Parents and teachers can start a discussion with each page asking young listeners what should have been said or done, instead of what the little girl did in the story. This is an excellent story for any home or school library. This is a perfect tool to teach kindness and manners.

Ellen Javernick is the author of more than twenty books for children, including the Children’s Choice Book Award finalist The Birthday Pet, illustrated by Kevin O’Malley, and the bestselling picture book What If Everybody Did That?, illustrated by Colleen Madden. She has been an elementary school teacher for more than twenty years and currently teaches second grade. She lives in Loveland, Colorado.

Colleen Madden is the illustrator of numerous children’s books, including the picture book adaptation of All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey and the bestselling picture book What If Everybody Did That? by Ellen Javernick. She lives in the Philadelphia area with her husband and two sons. To see more of her work, visit: http://www.mbartists.com/cgi-bin/iowa/artists.html?artist=77

Giveaway!

One lucky winner will receive a copy of WHAT IF EVERYBODY SAID THAT?, courtesy of Two Lions (U.S. and Canada addresses).

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