Happily Ever Resilient: Using Fairy Tales to Nurture Children through Adversity

by Stephanie Goloway

All children deserve the tools to fight off whatever dragons they encounter and move happily through life.

In Happily Ever Resilient Dr. Stephanie Goloway uses current trauma research and beloved multicultural variants of classic children’s fairytales to create joyful, playful learning experiences for young children.

Part one of the book covers why using fairytales in early childhood classrooms supports resilience and literacy in all children, especially important for children who have experienced trauma and toxic stress, including those living with family substance use disorders. Part two covers how to do this. Each chapter includes




By tapping into the extraordinary magic of fairytales early childhood educators can create the ordinary magic of resilience.

160 pages, Paperback

Published June 14, 2022

Reviews

[Ellen · Rating 5 out of 5]

An absolutely wonderful book tying the stories we grew up on to building social emotional skills an resilience. Full of practical ideas you can implement immediately.