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This book is written from one child's perspective, as he goes through the day surrounded by secrets.  There are some he'll want to keep and some that make him feel sick inside, and he knows these are the kind that he'll have to ask for help with - from an adult he can trust. This book is written in verse and easy and fun to read.  Children feel empowered after hearing or reading it.  Designed for ages 3-8 to teach them when it is safe to keep a secret and when they need to tell an adult they trust.
Great for dealing with the school bully.  Approved for day care and elementary school bully-proofing programs!  No more kids keeping other kids' dirty little secrets.

Many of us know someone who is not happy unless they can engineer the movements of everyone around them.  These people force friends and family members to do what they don't want to do, and this type of manipulation and control are the tools of tyranny.  Understand what's behind a person's need to bend others to his or her own will.  See what you can do to resist people who are intent upon making decisions that you should be making for yourself.  Learn how you can assert yourself when others try to thwart your autonomy.

The learning objectives for this DVD include:

• Students will learn what motivates people to manipulate other people.
• Students will learn how a manipulator operates.
• Students will learn strategies for resisting manipulators.

This book contains literacy-based activities to help your students with difficult social issues in their transition to adolescence.  These activities address bullying, peer pressure, drugs, accepting people with differences, entering upper grades and family stability.  Informative text readings are followed with reproducible activities, prompting writing with graphic organizers, discussion questions and follow-up suggestions.  This book is very motivating and relevant for today's classroom teens.