Gerome Sticks His Neck Out Review

Are you prepared for another 5-year-old Alice book review? Ya know.. the kind of book review that has spoilers galore. Alice just can’t help herself.

You know that Alice and I love children’s books. It’s an amazing thing to watch, Alice getting lost in a good story. I’ve told you before that she would rather read than watch television and that is AMAZING to me!! Now Alice and her Momma (my daughter Selena) have a night-time ritual of cuddling up in bed and each reading their respective books. How amazing is that?! Alice is 5! A five-year old that enjoys reading and getting lost in a good book!! I love, LOVE, LOVE that!!

This paperback book is from Baxter’s Corner. You can even purchase the set which includes this adorable little stuffed animal.  He looks so soft and cuddly!!

Gerome Sticks His Neck Out is a book with wonderful messages. Two that are very important in this day and age. Anti-bullying and self-esteem are the messages in this adorably illustrated, well written book.

Gerome helps kids see the power of standing up to bullies along with embracing who you are!
Gerome is a giraffe and not real crazy about the attention that his height causes. He walks around slouched, trying to keep a low profile.

When Gerome finds a crowd of bullies picking on a smaller classmate Gerome gets to embrace his height!! He finds his voice and learns to stand up to the bullies and makes a friend.

In the back of the book is even more to love! The Go Beyond section. This is a very cool addition to the book. From Giraffe facts like ‘did you know that a giraffes tongue is long enough that they can clean their own ears?!’ Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa!?

There are also pages of crafts and a page to take your pledge to stand up to bullies.

Go Beyond has thought-provoking questions and fun learning activities all centered around building character, enhancing social skills and even manners.  There are even downloads available for free to go even further. This would be an amazing book for teachers, home-schoolers and kids in general!!

WHINES

Nope. Not a single one. Cute book. FANTASTIC message! Two thumbs way UP!!

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