Why Stop For Tajo?: A story about respecting authority

“Each day after school at a quarter to three, a school guard named Tajo stands at Elm and McGee.”

Tajo the Tarantula is the school crossing guard. Choosing to ignore Tajo’s directions, one youngster finds himself in the path of an oncoming truck. Afterwards he develops a new respect for authority when he considers Tajo’s rules are meant to keep him safe.

Baxter’s Corner – Building Character is Child’s Play®

Parents and educators agree that exposing children to learning values at an early age leads to healthy emotional and spiritual children.

Baxter’s Corner has a unique series of books designed to enhance conversations between adults and preschool through primary-aged children. Each book has a magical section that allows caregivers to go beyond and tackle hard subjects like bulling, manners, being different than others, single-parent families, respecting authority, and working with others. Matching puppets, stretched canvas wall art, and removable wall decals bring the stories to life and deepen each child’s understanding of respect, determination, resilience, compassion, cooperation, and acceptance.

Your books are fantastic! The illustrations, messages, and supplemental sections for teachers, parents, and caregivers are phenomenal!”

Cortney Downs, MSSW, CSW
Louisville Kentucky

"Thank you for all the additional research and planning that went into the excellent expanded lessons in the back of the books!"

Caren Yucha, M.A., CCC-SLP
Pottstown, Pennsylvania

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Why Stop For Tajo?: A story about respecting authority

“Each day after school at a quarter to three, a school guard named Tajo stands at Elm and McGee.”

Tajo the Tarantula is the school crossing guard. Choosing to ignore Tajo’s directions, one youngster finds himself in the path of an oncoming truck. Afterwards he develops a new respect for authority when he considers Tajo’s rules are meant to keep him safe.

Baxter’s Corner – Building Character is Child’s Play®

Parents and educators agree that exposing children to learning values at an early age leads to healthy emotional and spiritual children.

Baxter’s Corner has a unique series of books designed to enhance conversations between adults and preschool through primary-aged children. Each book has a magical section that allows caregivers to go beyond and tackle hard subjects like bulling, manners, being different than others, single-parent families, respecting authority, and working with others. Matching puppets, stretched canvas wall art, and removable wall decals bring the stories to life and deepen each child’s understanding of respect, determination, resilience, compassion, cooperation, and acceptance.

Your books are fantastic! The illustrations, messages, and supplemental sections for teachers, parents, and caregivers are phenomenal!”

Cortney Downs, MSSW, CSW
Louisville Kentucky

"Thank you for all the additional research and planning that went into the excellent expanded lessons in the back of the books!"

Caren Yucha, M.A., CCC-SLP
Pottstown, Pennsylvania

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Why Stop For Tajo?: A story about respecting authority

Why Stop For Tajo?: A story about respecting authority

Why Stop For Tajo?: A story about respecting authority

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“Each day after school at a quarter to three, a school guard named Tajo stands at Elm and McGee.”

Tajo the Tarantula is the school crossing guard. Choosing to ignore Tajo’s directions, one youngster finds himself in the path of an oncoming truck. Afterwards he develops a new respect for authority when he considers Tajo’s rules are meant to keep him safe.

Baxter’s Corner – Building Character is Child’s Play®

Parents and educators agree that exposing children to learning values at an early age leads to healthy emotional and spiritual children.

Baxter’s Corner has a unique series of books designed to enhance conversations between adults and preschool through primary-aged children. Each book has a magical section that allows caregivers to go beyond and tackle hard subjects like bulling, manners, being different than others, single-parent families, respecting authority, and working with others. Matching puppets, stretched canvas wall art, and removable wall decals bring the stories to life and deepen each child’s understanding of respect, determination, resilience, compassion, cooperation, and acceptance.

Your books are fantastic! The illustrations, messages, and supplemental sections for teachers, parents, and caregivers are phenomenal!”

Cortney Downs, MSSW, CSW
Louisville Kentucky

"Thank you for all the additional research and planning that went into the excellent expanded lessons in the back of the books!"

Caren Yucha, M.A., CCC-SLP
Pottstown, Pennsylvania


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781938647284
Publisher: Baxter's Corner
Publication date: 09/12/2019
Series: Collection
Pages: 54
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.25(d)
Age Range: Up to 7 Years

About the Author

Linda (L.S.V.) Baker brings the characters of Baxter's Corner books to life as the author of seven children's stories that spur discussions between adults and kids about challenges that affect behavior choices. With a communications career spanning 35 years, Baker has held communications positions on several nonprofit boards and coordinated digital marketing programs for more than 40 cities in her former role as Director of Internet Marketing for Broadway Across America. Baker volunteers as a life skills trainer for men and women inmates and has led a Young Authors camp for at-risk youth for the past five years.

Born in New Mexico, raised in New Jersey & Louisville Kentucky Mary Ellen Stottmann's art education began earlier than most. By the age of ten she was oil painting with a style that is still apparent today. After studying art in Paris, France she lived in New York City majoring in graphic design and graduated from the internationally recognized Parson School of Design, currently The New School. Her professional career began in 1966 working for an advertising studio. 1968 was a co-founder of a "Printing While You Wait" company which eventually led to her owning a digital offset printing company to retirement in 2005. Her career in printing allowed her to continue designing material for her clients; some are still being used today. One of the many opportunities offset print gave her was an amazing understanding of color and how it reacts by overlapping intensity. At retirement Mary Ellen began oil painting again taking a very graphic approach. Building the objects (and people) she usually paints over an intense color background allowing this color to form highlights or lines depending on the complexity of her pieces.
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