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by Jennifer Licate (Author), Suzanne Beaky (Illustrator)
This teacher and counselor activity guide supplements the Faking Happiness, Feeling Sadness chapter book, a revealing and empowering tale about coping with and overcoming sadness and lost hope.
The guide pairs text from the story with probing questions and group activities to further engage young readers with the content and facilitate thoughtful discussions about issues related to stress and anxiety, sadness and anger, self-esteem and self-care, as well as friendship and family. After reading the story and completing the activities, students of all ages are empowered with the skills and strategies to strengthen, protect, and advocate for their own emotional health. Faking Happiness, Feeling Sadness Teacher and Counselor Activity Guide is the seventh title in the popular and award-winning Navigating Friendships series by school counselor Jennifer Licate. The series features chapter books and supplemental activity guides that provide middle school students with the skills and encouragement they need to successfully cope with changing friendships, advocate for themselves, and find inner confidence.Author Biography
Jennifer is an award-winning children's book author who has worked as a school counselor for over a decade. She loves writing social and emotional books to help children and preteens through challenging times. Jennifer's books teach children strategies to work through their issue, and the stories give children the comfort of knowing they're not alone in their struggles. Her books focus on topics such as anxiety, depression, and friendship struggles. Jennifer's books use a quick-read chapter format and are geared toward children ages 9 to 13.
Through working with children of all ages, Jennifer has seen the benefits of social-emotional learning books firsthand. Children lose themselves as they're immersed within the stories. They're able to understand complex issues from so many different perspectives by seeing the story through the eyes of the characters. Counseling children, as well as raising two children of her own, has taught her a universal truth: all children want to be loved, valued, and respected for the unique individuals they are. She channels this truth, the importance of providing support to children as they navigate social and emotional issues, and her love for creativity into all her children's books. Her goal is that all children who read one of her books will feel like the stories are speaking directly to them.
