Breaking Promises

Help Me Be Good!

by Joy Berry

“Help Me Be Good books” deal with the issues faced by children and parents alike, and help parents communicate with their children about how to grow up as better people. “A Book About Breaking Promises" concentrates specifically on that behavior in a short, easy to understand format.

Genres: Childrens, Self Help, Picture Books

36 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1983

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]

It's very important to keep your promises. If children learn this very important behavior in early time the seem to grow up very responsible, respectful, and very successful.

[Melissa B]

Funny frog
Keep promises people

[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.

[Kylie Abecca]

This book more targets on cheating from the non-cheaters perspective (especially in the first three quarters of the book). It still has some good points and great conversation starters.

[Melissa Namba]

a cute, but preachy book about keeping promises. it goes over how it feels to be the one who the promise was broken to. my siblings kids will learn from this.

[Jane]

Breaking Promises is a excellent book to read to preschool age children to start discussions about how trust is built when other people can trust you to do as you promised. Several examples are given and the book talks about how you feel when someone breaks a promise and then the difference is emphasized when people know they can depend on you. I have used this book for a number of years with preschool children.

[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!!

[Kylie Abecca]

While the methods in this book are all great, it very vaguely refers to the promises broken by adults/ parents,