Badi Blesbok Says Hello: A lesson in greetings

by Joanne Burgess, Patricia Bardina, Paul Sharp (Illustrator)

Overview

Badi Blesbok is about to start the new school year. He is excited and nervous about seeing his classmates again. What will he say when he sees them? Then he discovers many ways to say hello and the importance of being friendly.

The Ducky Friends Series is a children's book series dedicated to teaching social skills through engaging stories with endearing animal characters. Badi Blesbok Says Hello: A Lesson in Greetings, the third book in the series, is a story that teaches children the importance of greeting others. While reading the story, children think about the variety of greetings they can use for different social interactions. Other books in the series, Jovi Giraffe Learns to Look and Revony Rhinoceros Starts to Smile, focus on the importance of eye contact and body language. Learn more at www.duckyfriends.com.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781662955587
Publisher:	Gatekeeper Press
Publication date:	11/08/2024
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.25(d)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Joanne Burgess, BA, grew up in Duluth, Minnesota. She studied geography and urban studies at the University of Minnesota as well as education at City University in Bellevue, Washington.Prior to graduate school, Patricia and Joanne taught social skills at Seattle Children's Hospital to children on the autism spectrum and with other psychological disorders. During this time, they came up with the concept of the Ducky Friends Series. Following graduate school, they continued to teach social skills to children with anxiety, attention-deficit disorders (ADHD), and autism spectrum disorders as well as typical kids. Twenty years after discussing the concept of the Ducky Friends Children's Book Series, they found the time to make it a reality.

Patricia Bardina, PhD, was born in Chile and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She studied psychology at Pomona College and received a master's in educational psychology and doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Washington.