I Want to Win!: A book about being a good sport (Our Emotions and Behavior)

This is a book from the "Our Emotions and Behavior" series. It has messages to parents, teachers etc. on how to use this book. There are also discussion questions and activities that can be used with children before, while and after reading this book.

Bella is at summer day camp and wants to win

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whatever she does. When she has a hard time building a tent, she wants to just quit, because she won't win and it is too hard. When her counselor, Nell, tells her about an experience she had when she was little demonstrating that she should not give up, Bella tries again. She finally gets her tent up after several tries and it is not very well done but she feels happy that she did not get up. When her friend Matt wins for the best tent, she even congratulates him and is not upset about not winning. This is a simple story that young children should have no problem understanding. My concern is that while the story starts out talking about being a good sport, it turns into a lesson about perseverance and not giving up. I would have liked to see more about sportsmanship. This book could be used in a primary classroom along with discussion about options when we come upon a sore loser to help them develop sportsmanship as well as what to do when we are not being a good sport. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book via Netgalley.

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