Joy Gugeler
Joy Gugeler has acquired and edited over 100 literary and young adult titles for ECW, Raincoast, and Beach Holme presses, publishing dozens of award-winning authors including Bill Gaston, Michael Crummey, Marilyn Bowering, Adam Schroeder, Patrick Friesen, Eric Walters, and John Wilson. She currently edits annual titles in the Ralph Gustafson Distinguished Poets Lecture series and Portal magazine for VIU where she teaches Publishing, Journalism and Media Studies full-time. She has taught the core editing course at Ryerson since 2002 and at SFU as a guest instructor in the Masters of Publishing and Summer Publishing Workshops since 1996. Gugeler has been on the editorial boards of Room and ARC magazines and co-founded the Canadian Book Camp in Vancouver for children aged 11 to 16, now celebrating 20 years. She has been on the board of the Red Cedar Award 2006-13 and the Canada Council, Alberta Magazine Award, and other grant juries. She operates Chameleon Consulting: Change Your Mind, freelance editing up to 10 titles a year, and is completing a PhD in Communications from SFU (ABD).
Kids Books (1)
Synopsis:
In Lady B Spots Trouble - Volume 1 of the Allowed to Say NO! Series - Jesse, an adventurous boy of 5, meets Lady B, a feisty karate-chopping but safety-conscious ladybug, on his Wishing Spot – the first branch of his backyard oak tree. Jesse heroically searches for hidden treasure, but sometimes it’s dangerous, and his instincts tell him something is unsafe; the same feeling he gets when his neighbour hugs him to tight. Jesse and Lady B navigate these adventures, not just with lifejackets and seatbelts, but with the secret power of instinct.
Safety is a Tricky Business!
Who to talk to in these worrying moments? Jesse sits on Granny’s red kitchen stool and listens when she says, “Feelings are like the wind. They blow and howl and shake everything and later it’s all quiet like they were never there. But sometimes they just don’t go away.” Granny tells Jesse:
“If you get a No Feeling,
you’re allowed to say ‘NO!’
and ask adults you trust for Help!”
Educator & Series Information
Lady B Spots Trouble is the first of the three-volume Allowed to Say NO! book series that facilitates a safe way of having a big conversation about unwanted touch with children four to eight years old. Each story is accompanied by both a Colouring Book as well as a Teachers’ Guide that purchasers of the book can download for free from the author’s website: www.allowedtosayno.com
The Teacher’s Guide for Lady B Spots Trouble is a module of five units for teachers that meets the curriculum requirements on appropriate and inappropriate touch for Kindergarten students, emphasizing preventative strategies to ensure student safety. These lessons provide a child-centered and comfortable environment for the whole classroom.
The Colouring Book for home use reinforces and illustrates key messages in the story so adults and children can have fun together while discussing safe and unsafe touch.
Recommended for kindergarten students.
Additional Information
26 pages | 8.5 " x 11" Landscape
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