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What Do You Stand For?: For Kids: A Guide to Building Character

Name: What Do You Stand For?: For Kids: A Guide to Building Character
Brand: Free Spirit Publishing
SKU: 9781575421742
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Contributors:

Barbara A. Lewis

Publisher:

Free Spirit Publishing

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Education, Philosophy

Book Subcategory:

Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Audience:

Ages 9-12

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Release Date:

2005-05-01

ISBN 13:

9781575421742

Weight:

0.66 lbs

Size:

9.02 x 7.22 x 0.39 inches

Pages:

176

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Even elementary school children can build positive character traits like caring, citizenship, cooperation, courage, fairness, honesty, respect, and responsibility. The true stories, inspiring quotations, thought-provoking dilemmas, and activities in this book help kids grow into capable, moral teens and adults. Previously titled Being Your Best, this award-winning book has a fresh new cover and updated resources.

About the Author

Barbara A. Lewis is a national award-winning author and educator who teaches kids how to think and solve real problems. Her students at Jackson Elementary School in Salt Lake City, Utah, initiated the cleanup of hazardous waste, improved sidewalks, planted thousands of trees, and fought crime. They instigated and pushed through several state laws and an amendment to a national law, garnering ten national awards, including two President's Environmental Youth Awards, the Arbor Day Award, the Renew America Award, and Pledge and a Promise Environmental Award. They have also been recognized in the Congressional Record three times.

Barbara has been featured in/on many national newspapers, magazines, and news programs, including Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, Family Circle, CBS This Morning, CBS World News, and CNN. She has also written many articles and short stories for national magazines.

Her books for Free Spirit Publishing--What Do You Stand For? For Kids, What Do You Stand For? For Teens, The Kid's Guide to Social Action, Kids with Courage, The Kid's Guide to Service Projects, The Teen Guide to Global Action, and The Survival Guide for Teachers of Gifted Kids--have won Parenting's Reading Magic Award and been named "Best of the Best for Children" by the American Library Association, among other honors.

Barbara has lived in Indiana, New Jersey, Switzerland, Belgium, Utah, and Poland. She and her husband, Larry, currently reside in Park City, Utah. They have four children: Mike, Andrea, Chris, and Sam, ten perfect grandchildren, and a forest of shy deer, a bold moose, busy squirrels, and feathered friends.

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