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Nothing Scares Us

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I rather like this book and when you read it to a group of little ones, the conversations it can create are endless.

Two kids, best friends, Lenny and Lucy fear nothing! Each day when they play they battle monsters, pirates, animals, snakes, and space aliens. They are not afraid of anything...no, nothing scares them!

Alas though, our brave little hero's are about to learn a very important lesson in live. Lucy finds that she is absolutely terrified of a certain monster they see on T.V. She is even more terrified though of what she feels Lenny will think of her if she admits to her fears! It is the old adage...nothing to fear but fear itself. How is she going to get out of this mess? How is she going to be able to tell her best friend Lenny and still hold his respect?

I hate to throw in a spoiler here, but will anyway. As the story progresses, Lucy finds that Lenny has his own unreasonable fears. The two friends compare their little hang-ups and all is well.

This is a wonderful lesson for children to learn. Fear is not bad and is something every human in the worlds is burdened with on one level or another. Some fear this; some fear that. IT is a normal human condition...always has been, always will. The author has approached this problem in a unique way and more than makes her point in a text that is very readable and easy to understand by the young.

This text is complimented by some very wild and imaginative illustrations by Neal Layton. The text and the illustration go together perfectly and are pleasing to both the eye and the ear. Both the author, Frieda Wishinsky and the illustrator know their jobs and between the two of them have written a rather valuable little book here.

This work is very suitable for those in pre-school though the second grade. We have also found this work to be quite effective with special needs kids who seem to relate to the subject and problem quite well.

This is certainly one that should be in a child's collection and most certainly should be on every school shelf.

Don Blankenship
The Ozarks

Two inseparable friends pride themselves on their fearlessness as they banish monsters and pirates in imaginative play. When they discover the CREATURE feature on TV, one is delighted, but the other friend is so scared that she gets a stomach ache. However, she is even more scared that her friend will react negatively to her fears, so she suffers in silence--until she hears a scream. It is her friend, and she saves the day by rescuing him from a scary spider. He kindly returns the favor by turning off the TV when the dreaded CREATURE feature returns. They end up playing at being fearless again, having overcome their respective fears with their friend's help. Brightly illustrated, this book is appealing and shows children that different people have different fears, but they can be overcome or avoided.