The Recess Queen

This is the best book for children, to teach them how to relate to one another. Kindness, and patience are important but accepting people for how they are and looking past some behavior to see the person is primary to making friends.

I read this to my class. It was perfect to discuss being bossy, taking turns and recess rules.

The Recess Queen is an adorable story about how mean Jean rules the playground by bullying kids. She must do everything first and the other kids obey and try to stay out of her way. The authors tells about the Queen in fun rhyming poetic form, "she'd push em and smoosh em, lollapaloosh em." Luckily the bullying situation is resolved because of one strong-willed , kind youngster named Katie Sue. When Katie Sue invites Mean Jean to jump rope with her, she is at first shocked but in the end the two are playing together happily and sharing the jump rope. This book shows that killing them with kindness is a great strategy to teach kids when dealing with the "mean." Also this book shows that sometimes people can change too when you give them a chance! Bullies can become a friend. The illustrations are vibrant and fun. Students will love all the rhyming and teachers can use the rhymes in the story as a quick review of rhyming. Your students will learn a strategy to deal with a bully as well as have fun reading this book. I am sure they will go, "Bouncity, kickity, swingity..." once they enjoy this book.

Used this in my 1st grade classroom. Shipped which, great quality, going to have it for years to come!

My mom bought this for her school library. She said her kids loved it. She was super excited when she saw it on Amazon and she called me on her break to order it for her.

We really love this book and have read it over and over again. Great moral to the story as well.

Mean Jean was really mean. When Katy Sue came, she sharded her jump rope and Jean made a friend. Sharing can be good. Jean became nice.

This is a great book for little kids and all ages really. It’s about a bully! Who doesn’t need help with them!! If you have children, or grandchildren or know a child who needs help with dealing with a bully, this is a great book with how to deal with one. It’s exceptional the way the author uses rhyming words throughout the story, to appeal to the reader be remembered. It’s sure to be a favorite!

Great

In this novel an individual is hurting others. Fear is a factor. Fun was put on hold. A new kid changes things and life gets better. This is a light story about bullying aimed at primary children. It is colourful and easy to read. Good reading.

Comprei esse livro porque achei que poderia ser uma “história preventiva” para minha filha, já que ela mudará de escola no ano que vem. Conta a história da Jean, uma menina malvada que se achava a “Rainha do recreio”. Todas as outras crianças a temiam é só brincavam depois que ela brincava e permitia... aquelas situações de bullying 😔 Até que chegou uma menina nova da escola, que desconhecia a situação e conseguiu resolver tudo, de forma bem fácil!😉 Mostra para a criança que as situações são possíveis de serem resolvidas, não de forma tão rápida ou fácil... mas possíveis...

Great kids book

I had looked for a book that would spell out the lesson to learn in a more straight forward way. But this seems to work as my 5-year-old really enjoys the story and it sparks a conversation about why the lead character is so mean to other kids. Easy to read out loud and fun colorful illustration.