![]() ![]() Everyone has a different way of seeing things and there is no right or wrong way, just different. ![]() This would also be a great segue way into having empathy and for others when conflicts occur. When you are finished reading the book, have the conversation about why each of the characters sees the cat the way they do! They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel A Kids Book A Day They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel Septem Janet Dawson Published by Chronicle Books Summary: The cat walked through the world, with its whiskers, ears, and paws So begins this study in perception and point of view. Then, as you read the story, stop and have the kiddos write or draw how each of the characters “see” or perceive the cat. Each animals unique perspective is portrayed through creative art, giving children an insight into how the same thing can be seen in many different ways. ![]() Is your picture different if you love cats? Don’t like cats? Are allergic to cats? Talk about how your perspective is how one sees things.ĭiscuss with your kiddos how people see things differently because of where they are, and how they feel about things. Did they draw a cat from the top? From the side? From the front or back? What perspective did they draw the cat from? ![]() Before reading They All Saw a Cat, I have the kiddos draw a picture of a cat and talk to their partners about what they drew. ![]()
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![]() ![]() When Theodore Davenport decides to switch his mundane job for a career, he walks into Holden House Publishing with enthusiasm and determination to succeed. As he settles into his new role, makes new friends, and dreams of making it to the top, everything is going to plan.Until he meets James Holden, CEO of Holden House.James Holden hasn't been able to stop thinking about his encounter with the timid man he met in a club bathroom last week, and when he discovers the one haunting his dreams is an employee, he can't seem to. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet, when an early snowstorm threatens the mountains, and Ranger Daniels is charged with getting hikers to safety, that includes hot-tempered Olive Perry. Determined to finish the long trek by herself, she doesn’t need a prince-or broody and taciturn ranger-to save her. After getting dumped and promptly abandoned in the middle of her multi-month hike, Olive swears off men. The path of true love never has run smooth for Olive Perry. Yeah, he’d most definitely prefer a bird-any bird, any bird at all, take a vulture for instance-to the human-tornado hybrid that just blew onto his peaceful stretch of the Appalachian Trail. ![]() Never quite fitting in with either side of his family, he prefers the company of birds and trees to people. A man of few words, Ranger Jay Daniels values the calm, quiet solitude of the Great Smoky Mountains. ![]() ![]() ![]() Most probably, humans were now so few and scattered that small groups would need to grow significantly from within before the chance to interact with other communities could ever materialize in the future. ![]() What were now the evident features of the world, those of our time? Human population had practically disappeared, culled and purged by external entities who appeared to our senses as humanoid figures, glowing in nature and difficult to distinguish from one another. ![]() How do we understand, know about them? How do we judge when we talk about what is right and what is wrong? Can moral judgments be objectively true? Do they depend on historical beliefs, or must they suit the world we now live in? Were the Spartans righteous when they left disabled babies to die on Mount Taigeto? Or the Romans when they flung traitors from the Tarpeian Rock to their deaths? One has to confer with others on these things. The dictionary defines a “deviant” as someone who "does not fit the conventions, ethical or behavioral, or social expectations of the group or the society in which he lives.” Did we reach the point where our conventions and beliefs faltered? What were our social expectations?Įthics, right and wrong behaviors, social good and wisdom, its acceptance and refusal, all come from interacting with others. ![]() |