social and emotional wellbeing

SHE CHOSE HOPE

Posted on 29 01, 202329 01, 2023

By Steve HeronPosted In: General PostsTagged: childrens books, curse, family, glimmer of hope, Hope, kidlit, middle grade novel, social and emotional wellbeing, wingsLeave a comment

by Steve Heron OAM “Hope is wings in the wind.” In my third novel of the Bayside Blues series, Busted Curse, (yet to be published), a group of friends discover a box in a secret cellar of an old (haunted) house they are exploring. Before opening the box, Maddy jokingly says that the box might contain a curse like Pandora’s...Read More

MAXIMUS – FAITHFULLY RECREATING THE EXPERIENCE OF EARLY ADOLESCENCE

Posted on 13 11, 201913 11, 2019

By Steve HeronPosted In: General PostsTagged: adolescence, bullying, family, friendships, Maximus, middlegrade, novel, positiveschools, psychology, social and emotional wellbeing, social skills, wellbeingLeave a comment

by Steve Heron OAM Maximus, middle-grade novel has sound psychological concepts underpinning the narrative and an informed social and emotional wellbeing context. Maximus has been referred to as a book about bullying. It is interesting that the word ‘bully’ appears only once in the story when Mitch calls his dad a bully when he yells at his little sister Megan....Read More

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