I Am Because I Choose

by Patrice McLaurin, Dian Wang (Illustrator), Darren McLaurin (Compiler)

Overview

I Am Because I Choose is an engaging picture book that encourages children to embrace their most amazing SUPERPOWER which is their power to choose! The book not only informs the idea that you get to choose your behavior, it also highlights positive consequences that can result from making good choices.

I Am Because I Choose helps to facilitate the core competencies of Social Emotional Learning. It highlights the important connection between behavior and personal choice, thus promoting self-accountability and self-awareness; which consequently results in better decision making. This emboldens and empowers children by allowing for ownership of their choices.

I Am Because I Choose also aligns with Common Core Standards.

Why is your choice your superpower? Because the only person who can choose for you is you! The question that is being raised for the reader of this book is who do you choose to be?

Lexile Measurement: 570L

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780997315288
Publisher:	Khemrah Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	07/28/2020
Pages:	28
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.07(d)
Age Range:	Up to 9 Years

About the Author

Patrice McLaurin is a Best Selling Author, Image Activist and Owner of Khemrah Publishing, LLC. She has worked to empower and enhance the lives of young people, in varying capacities, for the past two decades. Patrice served as Subject Matter Expert in the development of Everfi's online Black History Curriculum, 306- Continuing the Story and was asked to sit on the character education advisory council for the nonprofit, because I said I would. Her books have been used to supplement STEM and Social Emotional Learning Curriculum across the nation. The goal of each of her books is to encourage children to become creators, producers and emotionally intelligent human beings. Patrice McLaurin is a native of Bessemer, AL and a proud graduate of Alabama A&M University. She currently resides in Dacula, GA with her husband and two children.

Editorial Reviews

Reader's Favorite - 5 Stars

"I Am Because I Choose introduces the concepts of choice, consequences, empathy, and perseverance to young readers. As they follow the little boy's story about his choosing skills, they learn how his success in school, on the playing fields and in life generally are under his control -- because he chooses how he will conduct himself."

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