The Children’s Gift Series – Books in English & Spanish and More!

Unit Study for Self-Esteem Building in English and Spanish

https://www.thechildrensgiftseries.com/

Assessed by Michael Leppert

Ms Dionne Grayson is a writer of books of easy, positive encouragement for children and adults. She is a firm believer in the power of intention and developing self-belief and confidence in her readers. Her series of 10 titles in English and 10 that are paralleled in Spanish, comprise a Unit Study in Self-esteem. The books illustrate a variety of gifts (skills) that children have and how a school child can share his/her gift with classmates. Ms. Grayson offers suggestions of what careers a person with such a gift can pursue into adulthood. The books are printed on heavy, glossy, beautiful paper and are brightly illustrated by Harry Aveira.

The Children’s Gift Series of Picture Books, Coloring Book and Matching Card Game

“Malik Has a Gift” or “Malik Tiene un Don” – Malik’s gift is his love of math. He shares his math aptitude with his classmates to their benefit. The book also highlights two occupations a child with a love of math might pursue in adulthood – math teacher or accountant. “Malik” is an easy book to read, with beautiful original illustrations with the added bonus that being offered in both languages, the homeschooling parent can help his/her child to develop a Spanish vocabulary with parallel readings of all of Ms. Grayson’s titles.

“Caylee Has a Gift” depicts a young girl whose gift is chemistry – what she loves to do — that she shares with her classmates, including the Table of Elements.. A biologist or chemist are two occupations Caylee can consider as careers. The Children’s Gift Series highlights 6 girls and their gifts, boosting self-esteem for young girl readers and providing a positive view of girls’ abilities to boy readers.

“Elaina Has a Gift” shows a young girl whose gift is problem-solving, including dismantling things and re-assembling them. Elaina is a person who can look at an object and see how it is made and, when necessary, how to fix it. A civil engineer or computer engineer are the occupations the book suggests that a person with Elaina’s gift might pursue.

The series of 10 titles covers many gifts that open a child’s eyes to the possibilities available to each one and learning to value each person’s gifts or strong points. The Matching Card Game (ages 3-6) consists of 10 pairs of 5.5” x 3.5” solid plastic playing cards. One of each pair is a character from the Books and the other one shows items that character’s gift is associated with. Caylee the Chemist has as her item card pictures of a microscope, beakers of colored water and a Bunsen burner. The object of the game is to pair the pairs by identifying which items match the character. This builds a variety of skills in the young brain and personality and makes for fun for parents and children.

Ms. Grayon has developed a Coloring and Activity Book that coincides with the picture Books themselves. There are other picture books with corresponding videos as well. One of these, You and I, is a story book about a little girl and her dad on a Daddy-Daughter Day and illustrates the importance of a father’s place in his daughter’s life, providing support, encouragement and love.  There is a matching coloring book to accompany You and I.

Dionne Grayson has a Gift – she can write books that are enjoyable for parents/grandparents to read to their children and they remind us of the value we each have to each other’s world! Visit her website and take in all she has to offer! https://www.thechildrensgiftseries.com/ Ω