The Handbook of Superpowers for Cool Kids
What are cool kids made of? Bravery, honesty, kindness, generosity, and many other attributes that can be thought of as superpowers in everyday life. These qualities help us navigate at home, school, hobbies, in new situations, and they can be practiced to make us more confident and supportive.
Ten stories with delightful animal characters present cases of different ethical questions. The creative layout, facts, tips and activities inspire to put these skills into practice. Perfect for primary schoolers and older, this guidebook based on positivity and mindfulness helps us to recognise these empathic skills and to bring out the cool kid in all of us.
This title, developed by educator and writer Merja Kalm and illustrated by Mira Mallius, is a great non-fiction book for both individual readers to go through, as well as for classrooms to go through together. The Handbook of Superpowers is a companion piece to the duo’s second book, A Good Friend: The Superpowers of Friendship. These compelling books see a person’s virtues as superpowers which should be brought up and actively developed for a kinder world.
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Year of publication
2020
Original title
Hyvä tyyppi - Supervoimien käsikirja
Page count
80
Original publisher
Lasten Keskus
Original language of publication
Finnish
Reviews
Hurlumhei blog
"Merja Kalm’s texts are easy to read and functional. [...] The animal characters match the book perfectly. They are sweet, unique and funny."
Hurlumhei blog
"The texts and stories are easy to read and functional.[...]
The animal characters match the book perfectly. They are sweet, unique and funny."
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"When people have helped and loved one another, worked together and showed compassion towards one another, humankind has been able to survive even the most unthinkably difficult circumstances."