Interrupting

Help Me Be Good!

by Joy Berry

Children's Manners

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Self Help, Nonfiction, Parenting

Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

With over 85 million copies of her books sold, Joy Berry’s message has helped children around the world lead more responsible lives.

Joy Berry, pioneering educator, trusted child-development and parenting specialist, is the bestselling author of Joy Berry Classics for children with more than 250 titles and 85 million copies of her books sold. Joy Berry’s lifelong mission is to help kids help themselves by providing the information and motivation children need to lead responsible lives. Simply put, Joy Berry knows and understands children.

“Children should be 100% responsible for all of their choices and decisions by the time they are 12 years of age,” Joy Berry says. “In order for this to happen, parents need to encourage their children to make as many choices and decisions as possible as early in their lives as possible.”


Joy’s understanding of children and her pragmatic approach to educating and empowering children, has given rise to one of the most extensive juvenile product lines in the world.

Reviews

[Sophie Crane]

Interrupting gives examples of ways children interrupt other people by talking while they are reading, doing work, resting, on the phone or talking to others. The little frog gives hints to improve behavior and give guidance to children about learning to postpone the need for attention. This is a hard lesson for young children and this cute book is a good introduction into a discussion of how to avoid interrupting and how it makes others feel.

[Erica Henry]

This one made me laugh

[Mackenzie Brown]

I love these books. I used to have a whole set of them, but they unfortunately got lost in a move. They were my favorite books to read growing up. They have built in lessons that can relate to real life. Although they might be a little outdated with the pictures and examples, it should not be too hard to come up with some extra examples. These books are especially good because they are set up to be text on one side that explains what is going on and what to do or not to do, and a little comic on the other side acting it all out.

[Nathan]

Great lesson.

[Kristen]

I grew up on these books and absolutely love them! The Help Me Be Good books are great for young children. My children also loved them when they were young.

[Belinda]

Read it to my kids today

[Suzanne Lorraine Kunz Williams]

Great book. Great series!

[Kim]

I love all the Help me Be Good Books by Joy Berry. I had a couple handed down to me from my mom and I found a bunch of the series at a used book store and bought them all! My kids love reading them just for story night, but I also find them very helpful to read when we are having a problem with a certain trait.

Each book focuses on defining what the action is, how it makes people feel and what to do about it. It helps both sides, if your child is the one being interrupted or if you're the one interrupting. It's simple and quick and my kids love the little mouse or bunny character that pops up. The beginning shows what can happen when you do certain things, and in the end shows a much happier outcome if you try something different.

A Book About Interrupting defines what is interrupting is what you can do instead.

[April]

Such a great book for kids and adults to read together!! Joy Berry has a wonderful way of bringing things to a kids level to help them understand things better. Sometimes as an adult we forget kids see and process the world differently than us.

Beautifully illustrated to help kids pay attention while learning valuable life lessons!

This series is wonderful for any home or classroom! I want them for he community center where I work!! I am also thrilled they are being made available as ebooks!!

[Jane]

Interrupting gives examples of ways children interrupt other people by talking while they are reading, doing work, resting, on the phone or talking to others. The little frog gives hints to improve behavior and give guidance to children about learning to postpone the need for attention. This is a hard lesson for young children and this cute book is a good introduction into a discussion of how to avoid Interrupting and how it makes others feel.

[Siskiyou-Suzy]

My boss, a fantastic teacher, turned me onto these books. I never would've picked them up on my own because, honestly, the artwork is the opposite of my style. Cartoonish in the worst way -- no style or sweetness or beauty.

This one gets a little repetitive. Also, a whole page about not interrupting somebody's TV time was a little weird since I think TV time should be rather limited, but I suppose it's just trying to address something that is in many children's lives.

[Nojood Alsudairi]

بالعربية اسمه ما معنى مقاطعة الآخرين من دار الشروق

[Theresa]

lessons for explaining and reasoning on a child's level social graces
a good resource for teaching behavior

[Keri]

yes

[Laura]

Great book to reinforce the "rules of interrupting" for kids