Nurture & Nature
April - June 2018 | Issue #103

A Letter To My Teacher

By Deborah Hopkinson, with illustration by Nancy Carpenter 
Call No.: PZ7 HopD

“Dear Teacher, whenever I had something to tell you, I tugged on your shirt and whispered in your ear. This time I’m writing a letter.”

This touching children’s picture book is a narration of a letter by a former student to her second-grade teacher who greatly inspired her. Through funny recollections of the evolving relationship between the self-confessed ‘exasperating’ student and her teacher, the book reveals how the author has been positively influenced by the patience, loving acceptance and encouraging words of her wonderful teacher. Don’t miss the moving ending which will bring a heartening smile, or even a tear. Suitable for pre-school to lower primary reading.

Everybody Matters – The Extraordinary Power Of Caring For Your People Like Family

By Bob Chapman and Raj Sisodia

The book traces the genesis of Chapman’s groundbreaking ‘truly human’ leadership and management principles by putting people at the heart of leadership.

Successful Social Stories For Young Children With Autism: Growing Up With Social Stories

By Siobhan Timmins

Timmins, who is a physician and the mother of an autistic son, had used Social Stories to successfully help her son overcome his learning impediments.