Away with Wastefulness

📖 The Scoop

Three stories guide young readers to make good decisions about recycling, financial management and time organization. This is a helpful character education resource, starring children from the MVP Kids - includes Think and Talk About It sections for parents & educators.

-Olivia is having a hard time with an art project. She wastes all of her art supplies from starting over. Her mom teaches her what it means to reduce, reuse and recycle. At the very end of the book, there is a recycling for kids activity.

-LeBron saves up his money to buy a kite. When tempted to waste his money, his mom teaches him to weigh his options and invest in what he values more.

-Gabby is a homeschool girl who lives on a farm with her family. She loses track of time and doesn't finish her homework. Her grandmother helps her come up with a plan to spend her time wisely and reach her goals.

This book features a range of children, and diversity is shown in positive ways with characters that span various cultures, ethnicities, family situations, physical challenges and more. Readers of all backgrounds will see themselves in these pages while learning to value the diversity within their own community and being exposed to differences from around the world.

About the Help Me Become series

The Help Me Become series hardcover and paperback books promote character growth for children ages 4-10. Each book helps kids deal with real-life social situations like bullying and bad sportsmanship while learning to keep promises, be responsible, tell the truth, and more. Each title in the series features three stories starring MVP Kids and includes a Think & Talk About It section to coach parents & educators.

About MVP Kids

Families with a diverse range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds drive the inspiration for child education and social emotional learning. MVP Kids enables real-world kids to address the challenges in their lives through story-based character lessons where the kids interact at school, in social situations, and in their communities. MVP Kids board books enrich preschool readers while hardcovers and paperbacks focus on school-aged children. Each MVP Kids book includes extensive coaching information for parents and educators that promotes character education, wise decision-making skills, and social and emotional learning.

Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction / Health & Daily Living / General (fancy, right?)