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 \nhttp://www.archive.org/details/stepballchildsbo00earl  \n79.1 nurM1  \nSTEP BALLA child's book aboutfeelings and differences  \nWRITTEN BY Norm Earlyand Danelle YoungLLUSTRATIONS Bv Brent Naughton  \nTops scis  \nINTERNATIONAL STANDARD B00K NUMBER  \n0-9665319-8-1September 2000.First Edition  \nTEXT COPYRIGHT  \nNorm Early and Danelle Young.2000.All rights reserved.  \nILLUSTRATION COPYRIGHT  \nBrent Naughton.2000.All rights reserved.  \nEDITOR  \nJennifer Gessner  \nGRAPHIC DESIGN  \nRebecca Finkel,F+PGraphic Design,Inc.;Boulder,CO  \nAll rights reserved under all Copyright Conventions.Submit allrequests for reprinting to:  \nGreenleaf Book Group LLC6600 Elnwood PointAurora,OH 44202(800)932-5420  \nPrinted in the USA  \nPublished in the United States by Tough Topics  \nwww.greanleafbookgroup.comwww.normearly.com  \n# Step Ball Introduction\n\nReading to,followed by talking with your child may be twoof the most wondrous and vital gifts you can give.We havespent most of our careers working with teachers,families,and children,and have learned that,unfortunately,withoutthis special nurturance children do not always grow to betheir very best.  \nThis is a story about making friends,dealing with feelings,living with differences and loneliness.At the back of thisbook you'll find Question Corner,which we created to  \nprovide a framework for discussing these topics with children.We tried to create a menu of question options to help youfacilitate meaningful interaction and discussion.Interactionthrough discussion about these topics is imore importantthan asking each and every question.In fact,one question oranswer may lead to questions of your own that would prompta lively discussion.We also believe children should not haveto answer questions that may upset or embarrass them.Thekey to Question Corner is to simply use it as a discussion guidewhere there are no right or wrong answers...only readingenjoyment and beneficial discussion.  \nSo,thank you for choosing one of our books to share withyour son or daughter,and thank you for supporting thebelief that parents are,indeed,the first teachers.  \n—NoRM AND DANHIF  \nUnity  \nI dreamed I stood in a studioAnd watched two sculptors there,  \nThe clay they used was a young child's mind,And they fashioned it with care.One was a teacher;the tools she usedWere books and music and art;One a parent with a guiding hand,And a gentle,loving heart.Day after day the teacher toiled,With touch that was deft and sure,While the parent labored by her sideAnd polished and smoothed it o'er.And when at last their task was done,They were proud of what they had wrought,For the things they had molded into the childCould neither be sold nor bought.And each agreed she would have failedIf she had worked alone,  \nFor behind the parent stood the school,And behind the teacher,the home.—AUTHOR UNKNOWN  \nAlthough the author of“Unity”is unknown,the sentiments embodied in these words areones embraced by many parents and 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