Bøger af Shirin Zarqa-Lederman

In this second book of the Trotters of Tweeville series, one little girl works hard to practice kindness and care when speaking to others. "Harraf Namrattle lives in Tweeville and is a girl who always says what she thinks--no matter what! She doesn't seem to understand that sometimes words can hurt others' feelings and that some things are better left unsaid. Today, however, Harraf's mother reminds her to;..." Think before you speak! Harraf sets out to play baseball with her friend Bo, who has a new baseball mitt. What will she say when she sees it?Then she meets her friend Hennaj, who has a lemonade stand. What will she say when she tries the lemonade? When she sees another friend drawing on the sidewalk, will she take her mother's advice and be nice? Can Harraf Namrattle learn to think before she speaks and to be kind to the people in Tweeville?

Zavis DaMavis is a happy young boy and a proud resident of a whimsical town called Tweeville. He's off to school one morning when his mom--a very wise woman--gives him an important reminder; treat others the way you want to be treated. But what does it mean to treat others the way you'd like to be treated? While Zavis ponders his mother's advice as he walks to school, he's distracted by an elderly man who needs a hand getting across the street. When he's done helping, he finds that he's forgotten what she said. Zavis must remember his mother's words if he's ever going to understand what they mean. But how can he think when he's so busy being kind to his friends?

JouJou McVue has anointed herself as princess of the kind village known as Tweeville-at least for today! She is a mindful princess who knows the value of stopping to smell the roses, and that being hasty means wasting opportunities to experience the world around her. Her father, however, is always in a race against time. Today, JouJou and her father have one hour to ride around the lake in her neighborhood. As they begin, her father speeds ahead while she stops to compliment her neighbor, Mr. Fred on his ripe red tomatoes. Will her dad slow down to play in a pile of leaves? Will he stop to welcome a new friend, like JouJou does? Can he slow down to catch a lost puppy? In the third book of the Trotters of Tweeville series, a little girl demonstrates the value of being mindful by reminding her father the opportunities that he wastes in his haste.