What Are You Telling Yourself

By Hannah Daniel

What Are You Telling Yourself is an easy-to-read personal narrative and advice book written by and for kids ages eight to twelve on how to understand, cope, and overcome bullying by empowering kids to (1) address how they feel, (2) refocus any negative internal conversations they may have with themselves, (3) understand that they are entitled to love themselves, and of course, (4) rely on support and encouragement from loved ones. Unlike any other book on bullying on the market, What Do You Tell Yourself teaches kids that they are not powerless in any situation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Aug 17, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504924986

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© 2015 Hannah Daniel. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

Published by AuthorHouse 08/11/2015

ISBN: 978-1-5049-2499-3 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5049-2500-6 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-5049-2498-6 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015911851

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CONTENTS

Preface: Letter from Hannah

PART ONE

Hannah’s Story

Chapter One: Friday Morning With the Family

Chapter Two: The Bus Ride to School

Chapter Three: Before the Bell

Chapter Four: The Day Begins

Chapter Five: Morning Recess

Chapter Six: False Alarm

Chapter Seven: A Crazy Mixed Up Schedule

Chapter Eight: No More Bullies on the Playground!

PART TWO

Learn with Hannah

Bullies 101

Stressed Out

What Are You Telling Yourself?

Dearest Mom and Dad:

You are my rock, my cheerleader, my trusted counsel. You have helped me to overcome some of my fears when dealing with my peers. For that and more, I love you.

To My Granny Barbara:

I will always cherish the times we talk.

You are more special than you know.

I love you.

And to My Family:

Each and every one of you has impacted my life. Thank you for always encouraging me to be the best that I could be. I love you all.

PREFACE

Letter from Hannah

Being a kid is fun. Well, for most kids it is.

I like to hang out with my friends, cousins and siblings. We enjoy playing kickball, tag, jump rope and other games that allow us to enjoy the fresh air and sunshine. At school there are so many friends to play with on the playground; I sometimes wish that recess would be longer.

But being a kids isn’t always fun. There was a time when I did not like being a kid. I was sad and scared and thought things were not fair. All I wanted to do was stay home and do things by myself. I didn’t even enjoy recess because I was bullied. I was bullied by two kids. They made it very tough for me to enjoy being a kid and doing the fun things that us kids like to do.