I Want Your Moo ─ A Story for Children About Self-esteem

One of the greatest gifts we can give our children is a sense of
self -- worth. Children who lack this feeling often express it as "not
liking" a part of themselves. I Want Your Moo is a beautifully written and
illustrated tale about self?esteem that features Toodles, a turkey who
despises the sound of her "gobble gobble." Children will identify with
Toodles, her struggle for self?acceptance, and eventual victory over self
?doubt when she "saves the day" by using the very voice she so dislikes.
Each reading will help to reinforce a child's feeling that all of his or her
attributes are a valuable part of a unique and good self.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Marcella Bakur Weiner, Ed.D., is a fellow of the American
Psychological Association and a Professor of Psychology at Marymount
Manhattan College in New York City. Dr. Weiner also maintains a private
practice. She has published numerous books and journal articles, has trained
and lectured to audiences in the U.S. and abroad, and has appeared on many
national television and radio talk shows. She is currently co -- host of
the New York based radio talk show Choices.

Jill Neimark is an author and journalist living in New
York. She is author of the acclaimed novel Bloodsong.

ILLUSTRATOR BIOGRAPHY: Jairo Barragan is a Columbian artist, illustrator,
and cartoonist of international repute currently living and working in New
York City.

Marcella Bakur Weiner, EdD, PhD,?is a fellow of APA and professor adjunct at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. She is also president of the Mapleton-Midwood Community Mental Health Center and was chief staff psychologist at the Park Slope Children's Center in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Weiner has authored twenty-five books and seventy-five journal articles, and she has been interviewed for numerous national television shows, radio talk shows, and magazine articles. Her most recent book is?Women Psychotherapists: Journeys in Healing, co-authored with Lillian Comas-Diaz. Together Neimark and Weiner authored and Adinolfi illustrated the Magination Press book,?I Want Your Moo, a 2010 Learning MagazineR?Teachers' Choice AwardSM?for Children's Books.

Jill Neimark?is an author of fiction and nonfiction, an award-winning science journalist and essayist, and former features editor at?Psychology Today?magazine. Her credits include the middle-grade novels?The Secret Spiraland?The Golden Rectangle, the adult novel?Bloodsong, and the adult nonfiction title?Why Good Things Happen to Good People: How to Live a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life by the Simple Act of Giving. Her picture books include I Want Your Moo and Toodles & Teeny: A Story of Friendship. She lives in Georgia. Visit her at www.jillneimark.com and follow her on Facebook and Twitter: @JillNeimark.

JoAnn Adinolfi?was born in New York City, on Staten Island. She is the author and illustrator of?Tina's Dinerand is the illustrator of?Halloween Hoots and Howls?and?The Perfect Thanksgiving, among dozens of other children's books. She lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Visit her at?www.joannadinolfi.com and follow her on Facebook: @JoAnnAdinolfiStudio and Instagram: @ joanne_adinolfi.