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What Is Funny?
WHAT IS FUNNY? addresses the subject of sensitivity and awareness in humor. Laughing at others or laughing at oneself, or laughing for no particular reason at all, author Etan Boritzer approaches the various subtleties of this basic human activity asking what is appropriate and what is hurtful, while tackling issues of taunting and teasing, bullying and aggression issues that are very much in the focus of our nation s schools today. Suggesting a gentle and conscious, multicultural message of compassion, understanding and acceptance, this book helps children, parents, educators and child professionals explore a subject too often easily glossed over.
40 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 2004
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May 30, 2016
Etan Boritzer's 5th children's title in the best selling "What is?" life concepts series addresses sensitivity and awareness in children's humor.
"If I slip on a banana peel, is that funny?
If YOU slip on a banana peel, is that funny?
What is Funny?"
This book is useful to educators and parents also who are confronting the issues of bullying, taunting and teasing in the children's development.
"If I slip on a banana peel, is that funny?
If YOU slip on a banana peel, is that funny?
What is Funny?"
This book is useful to educators and parents also who are confronting the issues of bullying, taunting and teasing in the children's development.
Displaying 1 of 1 review