*This book is part of the NAMI Westside Los Angeles Children’s Mental Health Toolbox.

Reader Experiences…

“Hi Indy,
This is Pam from the Doughnut Economics grp. I received your book in the mail and found it very inspirational. In fact, I’m going to use it as a basis for a lesson at the elementary school I teach at.
We have monthly themes for the kids and this month is ‘building resilience’. I think using laughter as a tool to build resilience is a perfect fit!
I’ll let you know how it goes.
I hope the kids love Ben as much as I did.”

“…I weaved your story throughout the lesson [for 3rd-5th graders]. We practiced laughing quietly and power laughter out loud and followed with a multiple ball toss game where more laughter ensued. They loved the illustrations and we had a whole discussion about the leaf on the dinosaurs tail. Thanks for writing the book… I'll continue to use it in my classes as it was a very big success this time!”

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