Product Description

The Giving Book: Open the Door to a Lifetime of Giving is truly a gift for young readers aged 6-11, inspiring teaching and engaging them to give back to the world. It is a unique, fun and interactive book that helps children think about their wishes and dreams for the world and the power of their actions to make those dreams come true! The 64 page, spiral-bound, hardcover book combines colorful illustrations and entertaining narrative with fun learning activities---making the children the author of their story and creating a 'scrapbook' of their journey into compassion and giving.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #127275 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-30
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 64 pages

From the Publisher
This book belong in the hands of every child. The message is relevant. Families, gift-givers, communities and schools have an opportunity to send an inspiring message and teach a beautiful lesson at the same time-- about the joys of giving.

From the Author
I wrote this book, initially, for my niece for her 6th birthday. Within weeks, the parents and teachers in her community were calling to tell my sister that Leah was teaching others about giving and charity. I hope that this book, and the joys that it brings to children, will make a difference!

About the Author
Ellen has devoted her career to leading nonprofit organizations that serve a range of social and community causes. From NYC to Africa, Myamar to the Amazon, she has worked on efforts to reduce infant mortality, help refugees, develop systems of care for AIDS patients, empower leadership and create infrastructures for community based health care. She received her BA from Emory University and holds masters degrees in public health from Harvard and NYU.

Customer Reviews

The Giving Book
The Giving Book truly has the potential of opening up your or any other child's door to a lifetime of joyous, selfless giving. The book can be used as a fun, interactive workbook to help gently teach your child the most valuable lessons in life - those of Caring, Compassion and Giving to one another and to the earth. If there is to be a "New Age" on earth it will only happen if people start caring for and helping each other. This book is an excellent start for your child!

For the Mom and Dad, I highly recommend The Golden Rule Workbook: A Manual for the New Millennium (available in eBook also) which is far more comprehensive in it's teachings and self-help techniques to really help you tackle the hard stuff, thus becoming a more loving, selfless parent who can teach their children and all others, by example, the great importance of caring, kindness and compassion.

Carol D. Reiser Book Award 2005
This book was awarded the top recognition for 2005 by the Metro Atlanta Corporate Volunteer Council. This award honors children's books that inspire community service and volunteerism in children.

Giving Young Children a Way to Help in a Daunting World
Ms. Sabin's book succeeds in engaging the young person in significant and personally rewarding steps that show each child they can be a force in this world and make change happen for the good. The personalization and "ownership" of the child's charitable efforts that The Giving Book provides makes this realization a lasting one. If the child looks at their Giving Book after a few years, this "ownership" comes back to encourage and reward the child for continuing.

Parents can appreciate the focal point and regrounding the Giving Book provides. Sometimes it is difficult to encourage a child to think of charitable works when surrounded by 24/7 news of "tragedies and misfortunes". The Giving Book is gentle and firm support for the good impluses and desires of the child to make a difference in the world and to be happy about it. Even when (shudder) a parent doesn't have the time to attend to each step of their good works, they can record them and share them later.

Ms. Sabin has given a gift to us all, and hopefully her good deed and those of the many "owners" of her book will multiply over the years. I heartily recommend this book for your child or as a gift to children's groups (scouts, clubs, church youth programs) to inspire and reward the best in our kids.