This delightful heartwarming book tells the story of Sidney and Harry, two Groks who live in the land of Binnee-Boo-Bok. Harry is big and strong and the best at Grok games. Sidney is small and no good at all. But when an accident befalls Harry, the Groks soon discover being small can be a good thing! The entire story rhymes and the striking illustrations ensure children will want to read its positive message over and over again!


Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Bullying: Fighting back, from the stage



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Students in the CAP / Plaza de la Raza Theater Program explore bullying in the play "Life is a Dream" ("La Vida es Sueño"). (Scott Groller)

Los Angeles-area teenagers are taking the crusade against bullying to the stage. Their play, an adaptation of the 17th century Spanish classic "Life is a Dream" ("La Vida es Sueño") by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, takes the action into a modern high school setting and uses students' experiences with bullying to explore how it affects kids....
Guest playwright Sarah Louise Wilson led the 47 students, who range in age from 11 to 18, in a series of writing exercises about bullying. She asked whether they'd been bullied, and whether they'd bullied other people. Everyone had a story to write, Wilson said -- and she took those stories and incorporated them into the adaptation. When the curtain rises, the hero of the play is being picked on by other kids. He becomes popular and starts bullying others, and is eventually humbled himself.

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