Whoa, Wiggle-Worm: A Little Lemon Book about an Overly Active Child [Paperback]

Betsy B. Lee (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2003

In this sequel to Little Lemon (Activities for Developing Motivation and Memory Skills), the reader makes another visit to delightful Lemon Land. Little Lemon and Lickety-split help David (Wiggle-worm) gain self-control, self-respect, the respect of others, and secrets for doing better in school. A turning point in the story is when David discovers that he can control a runaway pony. Discussion questions in the book deal with strategies, the impact of nicknames, and how it feels to be helpful. David could be a child with ADHD, LD, behavioral problems, low or high blood sugar, sleep deprivation, or other conditions. The author carefully avoids a specific label for this reason. Links are given to books and articles about these conditions.

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

The book is nicely written, highly engaging, and deals with a difficult topic in a fanciful, yet sensitive and realistic manner. ADHD children and others are helped to understand that there are things they can do to take control of their behavior. This book will be an excellent addition to any elementary school library.
Edmund Sass, Ed.D., Professor of Education; College of Saint Benedict / Saint John's University, MN; Website: Educational Resources

This is a great book for discussing goal setting, self-concepts, and understanding others. It delights students as they learn constructive ways to control their behavior. Students and teachers gain insight into the feelings and struggles of students with ADHD. The story highlights the pride students feel when their goals are accomplished.
Sandy Kemsley, Elementary School Classroom Teacher, 24 years, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Website: Abcteach

This engaging story presents a vital message intended to assist overly active children to self-monitor impulsive behaviors. The characters explain and demonstrate a strategy to stop or slow down impulsive behaviors. The tactic presented is a viable, workable strategy that could easily be implemented by parents and teachers of elementary age children.
BJ Madewell, MS in Educational Psychology; Elementary School Special Education Teacher; Website: ADD Choices (Diagnosis, Now What?)

Children love this book whether or not they have behavior and attention problems. As a nutritionist and researcher, I liked the mention of a balanced diet and less sugar. I highly recommend this imaginative and charming book.
Laura Stevens, MS in Foods and Nutrition; Research Associate, Department of Foods and Nutrition; Purdue University, IN, author of books about diet, allergies, and behavior; Website: Nutrition in Action, The ADD/ADHD Online Newsletter

About the Author

The author has worked as a school psychologist, school counselor, and rehabilitation counselor. She has written several books and online lesson plans for helping children do better in school. All of her books are available at Amazon.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Learning Abilities Books (November 2003)
• ISBN-10: 0972026738
• ISBN-13: 978-0972026734
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #731,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

The Learning Abilities Books site has my detailed bio along with contact information and a sign-up page for the newsletter. I am a children's book author who has worked as a school psychologist, school counselor, and a rehabilitation counselor.

The site has regular and special educational resources: excerpts from my books, free lesson plans for memory strategies, Dolch sight word activities, books for children and educators, etc. The focus is on learning abilities instead of disabilities.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars on target, February 8, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Whoa, Wiggle-Worm: A Little Lemon Book about an Overly Active Child (Paperback)

This book is right on target for helping overly active children to gain self-control. It is a realistic memory cue that fits naturally into the story line. Other help is also given. The discussion questions help the overly active child and they help his or her peers. They talk about nicknames, helping others, and other things that help parents and teachers with a good discussion. I'm glad they do not use words like ADHD. Overly active children can be that way for lots of reasons besides ADHD.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't assume it is ADHD, February 17, 2005

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C.R.C. (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Whoa, Wiggle-Worm: A Little Lemon Book about an Overly Active Child (Paperback)

My neighbor's child was overly active and went the route of ADHD drugs which didn't help at all. They finally did a complete (I mean really complete) physical and found out he has blood sugar problems causing the swings in behavior. Now that his blood sugar is keep under control, he is a different child.

This book rightfully doesn't label the child and even suggests finding the cause of the behaviors by getting help from the school psychologist and the teacher. It also suggests a memory cue to help. It points out the need for a well balanced diet too. This child in the book might have ADD, ADHD, behavior problems, blood sugar problems, etc.

The book is more useful if it is used with Little Lemon: Activities for Developing Motivation and Memory Skills. The choice of the lemon puppets makes more sense that way than just reading the sequel (this book). The book about memory skills has many practical suggestions, discussion questions, and there are more on the author's website. The site is listed at the end of both books. You can type Learning Abilities Books into a search engine to find the site.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Whoa, save your money, August 9, 2004

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Amanda Parr (Mandeville, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Whoa, Wiggle-Worm: A Little Lemon Book about an Overly Active Child (Paperback)

Sorry, but I just can't think of much nice to say about this book. It's a little bizarre (lemons? lemon land?), and tries to be too many things to many categories of special needs kids.

My son actually got up and walked out of the room on it.

The two other books I bought were way better: "Eagle Eyes" and "Shelly the Hyperactive Turtle".

Writers take note, there's more room on the market for quality kids' books about ADD.