Sunday, 10 September 2023

Book Review: It's Up to U! by Jeremy Kalbstein

 It's Up to U!

by

Jeremy Kalbstein

illustrated by Leigh Brown



Publisher: Empowering Resources
Publication date: 1st September 2020
Genre: Children's Picture Book
Pages: 36
Source: Courtesy of the publisher
 

Review: It's Up to U!

In It's Up to U! Jeremy Kalbstein uses animated and gender neutral letters of the alphabet, instead of children, to make the story less confronting.
 
"I" liked to play with the other letters but most of the time "I" just liked to spend time alone. One night while "I" was looking online "I" saw that "N" had posted an embarrassing picture of "I" and it had likes and hurtful comments.
 
"I" became very unhappy and stayed away from everyone at school.

More and more comments were added until "U" told everyone to stop being mean and remove the post.

Told on a child's level with large full page colour spreads and delightful illustrations It's Up to U! is an important resource to help children understand the force of online bullying and it only takes one person to stand up and stop the bullying. That person can be U!

Children are using technology at a young age now and It's Up to U! is an important story to help make using technology engaging and safe for children of all ages.
 
It's Up to U! would be a valuable resource for all classrooms. 

You can order the book through the author: https://jeremykalbstein.com.au/books/

Recommended age: 5 - 10 years

My rating 5 / 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐




 
 

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