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Parent Guide





                                                                              NOV/DEC 2021

                                                                     Teaching kindness while
                                                                       helping to instill good
                                                                    reading habits in children.



                                                                       BOOK NOOK


                                  KIND TIME                                      Rez Dogs

                                                                                 Written by
                                     In this issue we’ll                         Joseph Bruchac
                                      explore the role of                         Recommended for
                                      play in learning, and                       ages 8-12
                                      hear about how one                            Malian loves spending
                                      famous border collie                        time with her grandparents
                                                                                  at their home on a Wabanaki
                                      learned over 1,000                          reservation. She’s there for a
                                     words! We’ll read                             visit when suddenly, all
                                    about a creative boy                     travel shuts down. There’s a new
                                  who used his talent for         virus making people sick, and Malian will have to
                                drawing to help wildlife,         stay with her grandparents for the duration.
                            learn how we can make a                 Everyone is worried about the pandemic, but
           difference for monarch butterflies, and hear how       Malian knows how to keep her family and
           one adorable wild bobcat kitten got a new start.       community safe: She protects her grandparents,
                                                                  and they protect her. She doesn’t go outside to
                                                                  play with friends, she helps her grandparents use
           To access an interactive version of this issue online,    video chat, and she listens to and learns from
           visit KindNews.org. Check out our recommended book list    their stories. And when Malsum, one of the dogs
           at RedRover.org/books.                                 living on the rez, shows up at their door, Malian’s
                          Looking for more ways to help your      family knows that he’ll protect them too.
                          children build connection? Check          Told in verse inspired by oral storytelling, this
                          out our empathy app, The Restricted     novel about the COVID-19 pandemic highlights
                          Adventures of Raja. It is a bilingual,   the ways Malian’s community has cared for one
                          interactive series of book and game apps   another through plagues of the past, and how
                          that includes questions and play-based   they keep caring for one another today.
                          learning that parents can use to help
                          children understand animal behavior
                          and practice empathy.                   COPYRIGHT: REZ DOGS.
                                                                  TEXT © 2021 BY JOSEPH BRUCHAC. DIAL
           Visit RedRover.org/empathyapp for more information.    BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS, NEW YORK,
                                                                  NY. BOOK SUMMARY FROM AMAZON.COM.

               Did you know?
                                                                             Where’s Raja?
          Your local or school library can get a FREE single-copy           RAJA IS HIDING ON PAGE 7!
          subscription simply by visiting KindNews.org, selecting the
          individual subscription option, and entering promo code LIB2020.
          You can find more recommended books at RedRover.org/books.                    a publication of
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