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By Ellen Flanagan Burns
Illustrated by Erica Pelton Villnave
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LIST PRICE: $14.95
48 pages
ITEM #: 441B016
ISBN: 1-4338-0379-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-4338-0379-6
PUBLICATION DATE: August 2008
EDITION: Hardcover
Also available in: Softcover
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Sally Sanders is good at everything she does, or so it seems. Secretly she is afraid that if she can't do something well, or be the best, she will feel like a failure. She is scared that she is not "good enough." As a perfectionist, hitting the wrong note at a piano recital, or not making the soccer team feels like the end of the world!
Gradually, through the help of her teachers and mother, Sally learns to have fun and not worry so much about being the best. She realizes that making mistakes is a part of learning, and that doing her best is good enough.
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• Full-color illustrations
• 6" x 9"
• 48 pages
• Ages 8–12
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The value of Nobody's Perfect is that it is written for children whose lives are dominated by their quest for perfection. Ellen Flanagan Burns gives all children reading this book a gift by helping them understand it's absolutely all right to make a mistake and the world and their lives will not crumble! The earlier we can help children live a balanced and harmonious life, the happier and healthier they will be!
—Rosemary Callard-Szulgit, EdD
Author of Perfectionism and Gifted Children
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a school psychologist and licensed massage therapist, has dealt with perfectionism personally and professionally, and she has worked with many children suffering from anxiety. She believes that children's books can be a powerful therapeutic tool and is a strong supporter of holistic and cognitive-based interventions for children with anxiety-related issues. Ms. Burns lives in Newark, Delaware with her family.
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involvement in children's literature began at The Maryland Institute College of Art where she studied illustration. Her watercolor illustrations are filled with whimsical imagery, vibrant colors and details that can guide both child and adult along wonderful journeys to any place and time. An animated cast of characters share the variety of experiences and emotions in the life of every child. Such images, of characters and situations, give voice and vision to the stories as they are read and experienced by each child.
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