The Good Fun! Book: 12 Months of Parties That Celebrate Service - Hardcover

Duncan, Karen; Issa, Kate Hannigan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0979291852 ISBN 13: 9780979291852

Verlag: Blue Marlin Pubns, 2010

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The Good Fun! Book helps young children engage in their communities to do some good, all while having a fun time. Whether it's a party to help animals or to collect sports equipment for needy kids, the 12 party plans in this book help elementary school children make a real difference in their neighborhoods and the world all year long. Filled with fun ideas that encourage participation and problem-solving, The Good Fun! Book includes themed party ideas, invitation suggestions, craft details, recipes, and even charity profiles. The Good Fun! Book is a tool for parents and teachers to encourage children to participate in service projects, as well as teach them about the real-life individuals who started nonprofit agencies that help people in their communities and around the globe. It s a conversation starter, an attempt to help children become kind, responsible citizens, and a great way to help them learn about the incredible rewards that come from service to others. Authors Karen Duncan a former teacher and the wife of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Kate Hannigan Issa a professional writer and editor for children bring fresh enthusiasm to engaging and motivating kids to take action and truly help make the world a better place. Along with award-winning children s artist Anthony Alex LeTourneau, The Good Fun! Book promises to get kids excited about helping out.Check out The Good Fun! Book online at www.thegoodfunbook.com.

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Karen Duncan made backyard bird houses and homemade ice cream when she was growing up in Tasmania. A former school teacher and athletic director at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Karen follows education issues closely as the wife of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. She lives in Virginia with her husband and two children, a cat, and lots of sports equipment.Kate Hannigan Issa helped sew groovy blue-jeans bags with her mom when she was growing up in Oklahoma. A professional editor and writer, Kate works on children's fiction and nonfiction when she isn't holding lemonade stands with her three children and husband in Chicago.Anthony LeTourneau Anthony LeTourneau drew every moment possible growing up. Even now he draws or paints every day and spends his free time learning and reading about being creative. Anthony (or as his friends call him "Tony") was raised in the suburbs of St. Paul, Minnesota and later moved with his wife and 3 boys to the Minnesota north woods where he resides today.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Blue Marlin Pubns
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0979291852
• ISBN 13: 9780979291852
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Zeichner: Letourneau Anthony Alex
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