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by Janet S. Fox (Author), Steve Mark (Illustrator)
Spanish how-to guide offers practical, humorous help for kids who want to manage their tasks, time, and stuff.
In the quest for school success (not to mention a happy home life) kids have a lot to juggle: schoolwork, friends, activities, chores, bedrooms, electronics, lockers, and desks. Aprende a organizarte sin desesperarte provides friendly, entertaining help for kids who want to manage their tasks, time, and stuff, without going overboard.
Aprende a organizarte sin desesperarte empowers kids to:
- Conquer clutter
- Prioritize tasks
- Master their devices (not the other way around)
- Supercharge study skills, handle homework, and prepare for tests
- Stop procrastinating and start enjoying less stress and more success
Kids will appreciate helpful tips on staying organized, like making your bag lighter and ways to organize binders (so that you can find your homework); extra essential examples, such as picking the RIGHT binder lengthy lists to observe what goes on in their day-to-day lives, and steps make it doable; hilarious jokes and out of this world cartoons make it enjoyable.
A section in the back of the book offers easy-to-follow advice for teachers and parents to help kids stay organized and websites and books for kids.
The Free Spirit Laugh & Learn(R) Series
Realistic topics, practical advice, silly jokes, fun illustrations, and a kid-centric point of view all add up to one of the most popular series young people turn to for help with school, families, siblings, and more. Kids ages 8 to 13 can tote these pocket-size guides anywhere and learn to slash stress, give cliques and rude people the boot, get organized, behave becomingly, and, in general, hugely boost their coping skills.
Author Biography
Janet Fox writes award-winning fiction and non-fiction for children of all ages. Her published works include the non-fiction middle grade book Get Organized Without Losing It (Free Spirit, 2006), and three YA historical romances: Faithful (Speak/Penguin Group, 2010), Forgiven (Penguin, 2011), and Sirens (Penguin, 2012). Janet's debut middle grade novel The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle (Viking, 2016) has received starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, and Publishers Weekly.
Janet is a 2010 graduate of the MFA/Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts, and she lives in Bozeman, Montana. She's represented by Erin Murphy, Erin Murphy Literary Agency.
