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Making Good Choices 1


Taking Responsibility Builds Trust,
Book 1 of the Making Good Choices Series
written by Karen Sue Wiesner
illustrated by Robert Lee Beers
Children's Interactive Nonfiction
Reissue coming soon in electronic and paperback formats
from Guardian Angel Publishing

EPPIE finalist

Meet Reb Raccoon and the Making Good Choice Series Kids
(Caleb, Juliette, Anthony, Gabby, Clint, Brent, Jessie, Jacques and Cody):

Reb and the Making Good Choices Kids

The Making Good Choices Series is an interactive set of stories and illustrations designed to help parents and kids understand each other and to work together toward making good decisions.

For Parents: The Making Good Choices Series is designed specifically for preschoolers up to elementary school-aged children. Kids this age are facing some of the first hard choices they'll make. Sometimes it's not easy for them to understand what parents want and why they want it. In the stories that follow, the kids will make choices on their own, either good or not so good, and learn about important concepts that will set the groundwork for the rest of their lives. The language throughout is in a simple-to-grasp tone. The stories are interactive in two ways:

1) The stories are designed to allow you and your child to interact together. Reading the stories, you'll think of many similar incidents you and your child have faced. Share those situations and try to get your child to decide whether they made good choices and how to do so in the future.

2) Within each story, you'll see highlighted words and graphics. In the electronic version of this story, these words are "hot linked." By clicking on these, you can jump to another place for further exploring and fun.

For Kids: Being a kid is hard, isn't it? So many things to do and see, and Mom and Dad always saying "No" when you want a "Yes." Sometimes it's not easy to understand your parents. But when you make good choices, you'll start to understand them a little more each time. That's what the Making Good Choices Series is all about. The stories in this book will help you make sense of why your parents say "No", why they say "Yes" and how you can hear more "Yes" from them more often.

Following each story, kids, you'll get a chance to decide if the character in the story made good choices. In the electronic version, click on either "Yes" or "No" and find out if you made the best choice.

You'll also find special, fun things tucked into the stories:

Plant a seed:

Kids, when you see this picture in the electronic book, click on it and we'll plant a special seed of understanding.

Gold star:

Kids, when you see Reb's Gold Star, click on it in the electronic book and we'll do something extra fun!

Click here to read reviews!

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Making Good Choices 2


Taking Care of Your Things,
Book 2 of the Making Good Choices Series
written by Karen Sue Wiesner
illustrated by Robert Lee Beers
Children's Interactive Nonfiction
Reissue coming soon in electronic and paperback formats
from Guardian Angel Publishing

Meet Reb Raccoon and the Making Good Choice Series Kids
(Caleb, Juliette, Anthony, Gabby, Clint, Brent, Jessie, Jacques and Cody):

Reb and the Making Good Choices Kids

The Making Good Choices Series is an interactive set of stories and illustrations designed to help parents and kids understand each other and to work together toward making good decisions.

For Parents: The Making Good Choices Series is designed specifically for preschoolers up to elementary school-aged children. Kids this age are facing some of the first hard choices they'll make. Sometimes it's not easy for them to understand what parents want and why they want it. In the stories that follow, the kids will make choices on their own, either good or not so good, and learn about important concepts that will set the groundwork for the rest of their lives. The language throughout is in a simple-to-grasp tone. The stories are interactive in two ways:

1) The stories are designed to allow you and your child to interact together. Reading the stories, you'll think of many similar incidents you and your child have faced. Share those situations and try to get your child to decide whether they made good choices and how to do so in the future.

2) Within each story, you'll see highlighted words and graphics. In the electronic version of this story, these words are "hot linked." By clicking on these, you can jump to another place for further exploring and fun.

For Kids: Being a kid is hard, isn't it? So many things to do and see, and Mom and Dad always saying "No" when you want a "Yes." Sometimes it's not easy to understand your parents. But when you make good choices, you'll start to understand them a little more each time. That's what the Making Good Choices Series is all about. The stories in this book will help you make sense of why your parents say "No", why they say "Yes" and how you can hear more "Yes" from them more often.

Following each story, kids, you'll get a chance to decide if the character in the story made good choices. In the electronic version, click on either "Yes" or "No" and find out if you made the best choice.

You'll also find special, fun things tucked into the stories:

Plant a seed:

Kids, when you see this picture in the electronic book, click on it and we'll plant a special seed of understanding.

Gold star:

Kids, when you see Reb's Gold Star, click on it in the electronic book and we'll do something extra fun!

Click here to read reviews!

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Cody Knows

Cody Knows
written by Karen Sue Wiesner with Linda Derkez
illustrated by Candace Hardy
Children’s Illustrated Picture Book
Reissue available now in electronic and paperback formats
from Guardian Angel Publishing
9781616332617 (ebook); 9781616332600 (paperback)
Print book, $9.95 + $6.95 S&H
PDF eBook download, $5.00
Buy download and paperback from the publisher
Buy paperback from Amazon.com
Buy paperback from BN.com
Printable order form for paperbacks

EPPIE finalist

Cody Knows follows the imagination and adventures of a single day in the life of an Indiana Jones-wanna-be toddler.

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About the Author

Karen Sue Wiesner is the children's book pen name of Karen Wiesner. When asked why this award-winning, multi-genre author ventured into children's books, Karen says, "For the reason I think most authors write children's stories: My son Cody is an avid lover of books, like his parents. I wrote CODY KNOWS for him when he was just a baby, wanting to highlight what a unique, special child he is. Cody looks at the world in an unusual way that I hope will captivate others as much as it has my husband and I. Candy's illustrations really bring out the single-day-of-adventure we go through living with our son. I wrote the Making Good Choices series for him and his friends. I liked the idea of combining the 'choose your own adventure' format I used to love as a kid with making it fun for kids to make good choices in the situations they face every day. These stories will also help young children learn to use a computer on their own, given its interactive qualities. Robert's fun, visually appealing illustrations really make the books come to life."

For more details about Karen's work, visit: http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/kswiesner/index.html#bio

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