One of the hardest parts of going back to school, I think, is when you’re different from other people. It could be that you have freckles, or your hair is shorter or longer or you have a third eye. It could be anything different, but as we all know, the differences are what stand out. So when I was offered the chance to let my readers know about Percy, the Perfectly Imperfect Chicken, written by Rick Rieser, I jumped at it because it’s a wonderful teaching story without your children really realizing it.
Meet Percy. Percy is a Perfectly Imperfect Chicken – as we all are. Percy’s yard mates, i.e. the “perfect” chickens, find out that Percy isn’t so perfect and want to ostracize him for it. But Percy comes back and shows them that his differences are what makes him special and unique.
In reading this story to my daughter, she would ask me why the other chickens were mean to him, because she’d not been in a school situation, had never really experienced the “mean” crowd. Subsequently, I’ve also used the example of Percy when we’ve watched a movie or read other books with a similar theme, and recalled how Percy would have reacted or how he must have felt when that happened. It’s a wonderful example of tolerance and compassion to bring to the children in your life during Back to School season, when we could all use a little reminder – and there are no cuter reminders than Percy!
Percy the Perfectly Imperfect Chicken was written by Rick Riser, and was published at FastPencil.com, a site where you can write, publish and sell your own book!
I have a wonderful surprise, too! I have a copy of Percy, the Perfectly Imperfect Chicken for you to win.
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- Note: I did not receive any product or compensation for this review – I did it because we love the book and wanted to share it w/you, the readers.
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My favorite part of going back to school was always getting a fresh new box of crayons, especially if I got the big box of 64 with the built in sharpener!
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My favorite part of back to school was always the new crayons. I’d try so hard to keep them pointy and nice as long as I could.
My favorite part of “back to school” was the potential for a great year embodied in all those new boxes of crayons, new notebooks, etc.
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My favorite part of going back to school every year was seeing my friends after a long summer…and alsi a new box of crayons!
My favorite part about going back to school was shopping for school supplies. I always enjoyed picking out spiral notebooks.
My favorite thing about going back to school was sharpening new pencils
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My favorite part of going back to school was organizing my school desk!
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My favorite part of going back to school was all of the new supplies, unsharpened pencils, unbroken crayons, notebooks with no paper shreddy’s hanging out of the wire…
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I enjoyed shopping for new clothes and school supplies
My favorite part of going back to school was all the new school supplies – nothing like a fresh box of crayons! Thanks!