I Can Build Confidence
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
I Can Build Confidence
By (Author) Elisabeth Zller
Illustrated by Dagmar Geisler
Skyhorse Publishing
Sky Pony Press
2nd January 2020
United States
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
155.4191
Physical Properties
Hardback
32
Width 216mm, Height 267mm, Spine 10mm
458g
Description
An important story for young readers about standing up to bullies and developing courage and self-confidence.
Kim is in kindergarten, and she loves going to school! She has a new backpack she cant wait to use and show to her friends.
On the way to school, she spots Grit and Fritz on the playground. They approach her, they call her names, they threaten to hurt her if she doesnt give them her new backpack. Scared, Kim cant find her voice to yell for help and shrinks inside herself as the bigger kids taunt her. When they are scared away by an older kid, Kim continues on to class but doesnt want to tell Ms. Blume why shes upset.
In class that day, Ms. Blume sings a song about being strong and asks her students to create treasure boxes that will hold their talents and strengths. As Kim works, frequently bothered by Frtiz and Grit, she decides that her treasure box should hold everything she needs to be big and strongconfidence, courage, her voice.
When Frtiz and Grit return to stomp all over her box, Kim has a decision to make: she can either run to the cozy corner and hide, or she can plant her feet, take a deep breath, and tell her bullies to leave her alone. Which will she choose
Author Bio
Elisabeth Zller was born in Brilon in 1945 and studied German, French, art history, and pedagogy in Mnster, Munich, and Lausanne. She worked for seventeen years at various high schools and began to write childrens books a few years ago. She is the author of four books.
Dagmar Geisler is a German author and illustrator. She studied graphic design at the University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden and worked for several publishing houses and broadcasting companies. Today, Dagmar focuses mainly on children's books, both as an illustrator and an author. She illustrated My Body Belongs to Me from My Head to My Toes which received the Silver Feather (Silberne Feder) Children's Book Prize from the German Medical Women's Association, and is the illustrator of My Feelings and Me. She lives with her family in Munich, Germany.
