Lessons from a Rubber Duck An Educational and Engaging Tale About Standing Up to Teasing and Bullying

A new book, Lessons from a Rubber Duck was released in December, 2010. Lessons from a Rubber Duck teaches young people how to assert themselves and build the confidence they need to feel good about standing up for themselves in situations when they are hurt by someone's words or actions.

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Lessons From A Rubber Duck

Quote start"Lessons from a Rubber Duck gives great advice to kids and parents who are struggling with bullying. It should be on every bookshelf!" -Susan M. Swearer, Ph.D.Quote end

Omaha, NE (PRWEB) January 12, 2011

A new book, Lessons from a Rubber Duck was released in December, 2010. Lessons from a Rubber Duck teaches young people how to assert themselves and build the confidence they need to feel good about standing up for themselves in situations when they are hurt by someone's words or actions. It offers fun and creative solutions for using imagination and a sense of humor to take the sting out hurtful remarks. The book includes a letter to the reader with further helpful information about bullying as well as suggested discussion questions for use by parents and professionals who work with young people and their families. Lessons from a Rubber Duck, is now available for purchase through writelife.com as well as other major online booksellers.

"This is the first children’s book to address the real problem of sibling bullying. Lessons from a Rubber Duck gives great advice to kids and parents who are struggling with bullying. It should be on every bookshelf!" -Susan M. Swearer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of School Psychology, Co-Director, The Bullying Research Network, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lessons from a Rubber Duck is published by WriteLife LLC, a collaborative publishing company based in Omaha, Neb. For more information on this book or any of WriteLife’s other publications, visit writelife.com. The author, Melissa Saunders, will be singing books in Omaha, Nebraska on Saturday, January 15th, 2011 from 1:00-3:00pm at Cupcake Island, 1314 S. 119th Street and Sunday, January 30th, 2011 from 1:00-3:00pm at eCreamery, 5001 Underwood Avenue, Omaha, NE.

ABOUT MELISSA SAUNDERS: Melissa Saunders is a former elementary school teacher and elementary school counselor with master’s degrees in both counseling and education. While working as an elementary school teacher and counselor, she grew to closely understand many of the issues facing young people and their families. Her desire to encourage and support children and their families evolved into a career as an author and presenter. Lessons from a Rubber Duck is her first book. She lives in Omaha, Nebraska with her family. You can visit her online at melissasaunders.com.

ABOUT WRITELIFE LLC: WriteLife is a collaborative publishing company. They offer an interactive way for writers to create, share, publish, and market their literary work. WriteLife advances the author the pre-production and production costs of editing a manuscript, creating a book, and placing it in distribution channels. For more information on WriteLife, visit writelife.com.

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