Drawing on three decades of experience in residential schools, Rick Lavoie provides powerful strategies for teaching friendship skills in the classroom, the homefront, and the community. First, you'll explore the causes and consequences of "social incompetence." Then, you'll gain field-tested advice on how to help children work through daily social struggles and go from being picked on and isolated to becoming accepted and involved.

"In a world that's changing at warp speed, our kids will need to navigate a path to success without a roadmap -- something entrepreneurs do every day. What if we looked to the world of entrepreneurship, in addition to child development experts, for insights on helping kids gain the skills they'll need in order to prosper personally and professionally? Raising Can-Do Kids is the first book to make a link between the essential qualities that make great...

"Fresh off their first investigation. Kazu and her friends are hungry for their next case, which comes when a vandal begins targeting local comic book stores with anti-comic graffiti. Kazu's BFF, March, is especially desperate to unmask the villain before his beloved shop, the Super Pickle, gets hit. But when March takes over, the gang starts butting heads. It doesn't help that Kazu is distracted by another mystery at home: Her mom is bedridden and...

Es Nochebuena, y toda la familia de Bluey se ha reunido en la casa de los Heeler. ¡Tienen muchas ganas de que llegue Santa! Pero papá les recuerda: ¡Si abren los ojos, no habrá regalos! Así que Bluey, Bingo y Muffin deciden jugar un juego llamado "el Santa del balcón" para practicar aquello de no husmear los regalos. ¿Qué les traerá Santa? It's Christmas Eve and Bluey's entire family has gathered at the Heeler house. They can't wait for...