On the Playground: Our First Talk About Prejudice
About this audiobook
Key Selling Points
- This book offers an age-appropriate and straightforward introduction to prejudice.
- The World Around Us series discusses difficult topics through an organic conversation starting with a common observation and continuing with follow-up questions that would naturally come from a young child.
- Sidebars define larger concepts for further discussion with older and more curious children.
- The author is a practicing child psychologist who is well known for her Just Enough series and the rest of the World Around Us series, and is a regular contributor to HuffPost , Global News and CBC.
- On Our Playground was an honorable mention OLA Best Bet.
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About the author
Dr. Jillian Roberts is a child psychologist, bestselling author and research professor at the University of Victoria. For more than 30 years, she has worked with children and families and has become a trusted voice on child development, mental health and resilience for parents, educators and the media. She is the author of numerous books for children and families, including the bestselling and award-winning Just Enough and The World Around Us series. Her book Why Do Families Change?, part of the Just Enough series, was featured on Oprah Daily in the “Therapist-Approved Divorce Books for Kids” list. She also writes a monthly mental health column for The Globe and Mail. Dr. Roberts divides her time between Victoria and the North Shore of Prince Edward Island.
Jane Heinrichs is a children's book writer and illustrator. She is the author/illustrator of the hybrid graphic novel Every Home Needs An Elephant. Jane starts her day at a clear desk with her huge sketchbook (for books) and her tiny sketchbook (for daily drawings) but usually ends up sitting on the floor, surrounded by a collection of paints, pencils and papers. She lives in the UK with her family.
