Review: Variations and lessons on tears: crying to tears of laughter
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2014
Author Sari Barel takes a unique stance on teaching children how to tell the truth and she involves parents in a most thoughtful and constructive way. Together with illustrator Neda Fuchedzhieva she has crated a fun book that gives parents insight on how to correct a certain behavioral problem - and have fun doing it.Ruthy is a cute girl with a bad habit - no matter the situation, she cries - because she is bored with nothing to do, tired on a trip, because she wants a particular balloon, because she is on a roller coaster - she makes everyone around her uncomfortable including her dog and her pillow - she calls it her language of tears. Her parents don't buy it - they feel her crying is a nuisance. They decide to have Ruthy teach them her language of tears - but there are so many forms or reasons for crying that teaching her parents and grandmother to cry is difficult. Then they discover that there can be tears of laughter and everything is mended.At the end of Sari's book she uses an audio book to demonstrate the carious forms of crying and laughing. Lessons for everyone in the family - and it produces a hearty chuckle too! Grady Harp, May 14