BRING HOME LITTLE RABBIT and the grumpy poos
This heartwarming and empowering story will teach children to believe in themselves and to stand up to negative people. It can also be used to introduce concepts like empathy, boundaries, and emotions to young children.
What the experts are saying
about Marita Nizam’s book!
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“The fear of not being good enough or of competition and superiority being the ‘stuff’ of relationships are not good enough for children and can be set up for self-invalidation and problematic relationship choices in adulthood.
Little Rabbit and the Grumpy Poos’ is a reminder to foster the exuberance and natural curiosity in children as a way to keep all of our ‘Grumpy Poos’ at bay and cultivate the authenticity and mental health of all children.”
Dr. Ramani Durvasula
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“Children are taught to tie their shoes and how to do arithmetic, but they are rarely taught to develop a healthy sense of self, especially when faced with some sort of external criticism.
“Little Rabbit and the Grumpy Poos” help children understand that not all characters in their life will validate them and that is ok because within them is the power to validate themselves,
once the know how.”Lisa A. Romano
Life Coach and Bestselling Author
Ms. Samara Attis is a Child and Youth Worker and Early Childhood Educator based in Toronto after receiving her degree in Child and Youth Studies from Mt. St. Vincent University.
Ms. Attis began her career working as an Early Interventionist at Bedford Sackville Family Services in Nova Scotia. During this time, she implemented evidence-based early intervention strategies parent infant therapies and multi disciplinary team treatment plans.
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Samara Attis
Program Director / Nizam Book Company Reader
Marita Nizam is a Toronto-based mother, author, and Early Childhood Educator. Little Rabbit and the Grumpy Poos was written after witnessing how adversely impacted her two children were after they first began interacting with negative or non-supportive friends, classmates and people in general.
She became painfully aware of how vulnerable children are at a young age (3-7 years), simply because they haven't yet developed a healthy and sustaining sense of self.
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Marita Nizam
The Author
Ms. Laura Zimmerman is a Child and Youth Worker based in Toronto who has a passion for teaching children valuable life skills. Ms. Zimmerman obtained her diploma from Loyalist College, and a degree from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) and began her career as an educator in the City of Buffalo and Niagara Falls School Districts.
During this time, Ms. Zimmerman implemented the
evidence-based Social Emotional program,
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Laura Zimmerman
Nizam Book Company Reader
Ms. Samara Attis is a Child and Youth Worker and Early Childhood Educator based in Toronto after receiving her degree in Child and Youth Studies from
Mt. St. Vincent University.
Ms. Attis began her career working as an Early Interventionist at Bedford Sackville Family Services in Nova Scotia. During this time, she implemented evidence-based early intervention strategies parent infant therapies and multi disciplinary team treatment plans. She continued her
work in the field
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Samara Attis
Nizam Book Company Reader
Ms. Laura Zimmerman is a Child and Youth Worker based in Toronto who has a passion for teaching children valuable life skills. Ms. Zimmerman obtained her diploma from Loyalist College, and a degree from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) and began her career as an educator in the City of Buffalo and Niagara Falls School Districts.
During this time, Ms. Zimmerman implemented the evidence-based Social Emotional program,
more>
Laura Zimmerman
Nizam Book Company Reader
Marita Nizam is a Toronto-based mother, author, and Early Childhood Educator. Little Rabbit and the Grumpy Poos was written after witnessing how adversely impacted her two children were after they first began interacting with negative or non-supportive friends, classmates and people in general.
She became painfully aware of how vulnerable children are at a young age (3-7 years), simply because they haven't yet developed a healthy and sustaining
sense of self.
more>
Marita Nizam
The Author
THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT
our children is to empower them
Let your child know that you adore them for being themselves
Let them know that their value as a person is not tied to their accomplishments
Let them know spending time with them makes you happy
Greet them with a big smile when they come home from school and tell them that you missed them
Support your children and help them find healthy ways of dealing with their emotions
Teach your child about empathy
Teach them that negative behaviour is never ok
Give your child a strong voice and teach them that they have the right to say “no”, that they have the right to set strong boundaries
As parents, we must be confident, stand strong and love ourselves.
THE BEST WAY
TO PROTECT
our children is
to empower them
Let your child know that you
adore them for being themselvesLet them know that their value
as a person is not tied to their accomplishmentsLet them know spending time
with them makes you happyGreet them with a big smile when they come home from school and tell them that you missed them
Support your children and help them find healthy ways of dealing with their emotions
Teach your child about empathy
Teach them that negative behaviour is never ok
Give your child a strong voice and teach them that they have the right to say “no”, that they have the right to set strong boundaries
As parents, we must be confident, stand strong and love ourselves.
get to know the author
Marita Nizam is a Toronto-based mother, author, and Early Childhood Educator. Little Rabbit and the Grumpy Poos was written after witnessing how adversely impacted her two children were after they first began interacting with negative or non-supportive friends, classmates and people in general.
She became painfully aware of how vulnerable children are at a young age (3-7 years), simply because they haven't yet developed a healthy and sustaining sense of self.
Working both as a nanny and as an ECE, she has enriched children's lives over the years, and now feels it is her calling to affect change on a broader scale by writing books, visiting classrooms and organizations to talk to parents, caregivers and teachers
who can guide children to a healthier sense of self.
Marita has created a program in which an ‘I Am Good Enough’ reader can visit the classrooms of young children where the book is read aloud to them. The result? Children walk away from their reading, understanding that they are perfect and good enough as they are, right now.
Marita Nizam
Author
Little Rabbit and the Grumpy Poos
get to know
the author
Marita Nizam is a Toronto-based mother, author, and Early Childhood Educator. Little Rabbit and the Grumpy Poos was written after witnessing how adversely impacted her two children were after they first began interacting with negative or non-supportive friends, classmates and people in general. more>