Review: "Overcoming Fear....Nerves....Shame".....
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 24, 2013
This story is geared towards preschoolers or first day of kindergarten...The illustrations are colorful and more cute to hold you child's attention..As parents if we don't engage our children to talk about all these new feelings they are experiencing at each developmental stage it may effect them for life..When they feel embarrassed or shamed and other children looking at them they body physically reacts immediately..Now in today's society we have to prepare our children for everything little thing out there..It's a "shame" because school used to be a safe place to go and learn...Not any more...Meet a sweet little boy named Shawn excited about going to his first day of school and making friends..When he arrives at the school yard with Mom and sees the crowd of children he becomes overwhelmed..It's starts off with a funny feeling he gets in the pit of his stomache(butterflies)...That's the start of nervousness...As school continues for the rest of the day the physical symptons progress into shame when he accidentally breaks a crayon and the entire class is staring at him..His adorable face is flushed bright red, ears are burning, very fearful and he can't wait to go home..These are the first words from Shawn's mouth when he gets home; "I am not going to school anymore"..(sound familiar)..Will Mom be able to get Shawn to return to school the next day...I highly recommend this book so your child can expect what the first day of school is like....