Too Perfect - Couverture rigide

Ludwig, Trudy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1582462585 ISBN 13 : 9781582462585

Editeur : Tricycle Press, 2009

Synopsis

Maisie thinks Kayla is perfect. She’s pretty and thin, has cool clothes, gets good grades, and she’s a star on the soccer field. But is Kayla happy? The more Maisie gets to know Kayla, the more she begins to question whether being perfect is really so wonderful. In Too Perfect, acclaimed speaker and child advocate Trudy Ludwig explores the relentless and destructive drive for perfection, and the freedom that comes from accepting one’s self.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

TRUDY LUDWIG is a nationally acclaimed speaker and an award-winning author who specializes in writing children's books that help kids cope with and thrive in their social world, including The Invisible Boy and My Secret Bully. She has received rave reviews from educators, experts, organizations, and parents at schools and conferences around the US for her passion and compassion in addressing peer aggression and friendship issues. An active member of the International Bullying Prevention Association, Trudy also collaborates with organizations like the Committee for Children and ConnectSafely.org, and has served as content advisor for Sesame Street Workshop. Trudy's books have won the Mom's Choice Gold Award, the IBPA Gold Benjamin Franklin Award, and the NAPPA Gold Medal, and also been recognized as NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Books for Young People.

LISA FIELDS is an illustrator based out of Katonah, New York, a small hamlet north of New York City where she grew up. She received her BFA in Illustration from the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, and attended The Illustration Academy. This is her second book for children.

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Have you ever wished you could be somebody else? I have. I wished I was Kayla. Then all my problems would go away like magic. Poof!--No more frizzy hair and freckles. I’d have cool clothes instead of boring hand-me-downs. I’d get straight A’s instead of a bunch of B’s and C’s. I’d be a better me--smarter, thinner, prettier--and I’d have more friends.

Mom always said, “Maisie, you’re perfect just the way you are.” But she didn’t know perfect. She didn’t know Kayla.

In class, I watched Kayla all the time.

If I looked hard enough, maybe I’d find the secret to being perfect. Then I’d live happily ever after--just like Kayla.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tricycle Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1582462585
• ISBN 13: 9781582462585
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Fields Lisa
• Nombre de pages: 32
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible