#review The Funky Frecks
The Funky Frecks
Jess is excited to start her new school and she soon makes friends.
But it’s not long before one friendship makes her feel uncomfortable.
Feeling trapped and alone, Jess isn’t happy.
Can she figure out a way to ask for the help she needs?
Parents & Teachers: Downloadable resources included
To help start the conversation about healthy and unhealthy friendships, there are some free
resources which can be used at home or in group settings.
Purchase Link – https://author.to/jennifergilmour
Review
This is great children’s book that focuses on helping children recognise what healthy and unhealthy friendships look like. Jess is starting her new school with sight apprehension as she is a lone self conscious of her numerous freckles and her mismatched eye colours, but none the less she settles in and makes friends but this is where the trouble lie with one friend she makes fun of Jess freckles but makes it seem like it was a one off joke, but when they continue to stay Jess asks them to stop, it makes Jess confused- how can her friend be like that to her?
Having being through something similar with friendship groups with my daughter when we had to change her school, this book would have been a god send then, but it has been a good conversation starter for us again after I let her read it with me.
Valuable life lessons, beautiful graphics to go along with the story and resources at the end of this book make it a great addition to families and school settings.
5 stars
Author Bio –
Jennifer Gilmour is an author and advocate for women in abusive relationships, using her own
experiences of domestic abuse as a catalyst to bring awareness and to help others. Jennifer has
published two publications, Isolation Junction and Clipped Wings which have both been Amazon Best Sellers and received awards. Jennifer speaks at events across the UK and continues to raise awareness through her blog posts, public speaking, radio interviews and social media.
Jennifer has listened to her readers and has grown a digital community to support discussions around domestic abuse online. Starting with her Twitter Chat which opened late 2017 #AbuseTalk, this developed into an online forum in 2018. In 2019, Jennifer launched a podcast which include interviews with those in the sector and gives followers the opportunity to ask burning questions.
Recently Jennifer has released her first children’s book The Funky Frecks which is about healthy friendships in the hope that this educates children on the signs of an unhealthy friendship, a preventative for possible future abusive relationships. It is backed by 4 different CIC’s and has a resource pack for teachers and parents.
Most Informative Blogger Award 2018 (Bloggers Bash Annual Awards)
UK & European Award for using Social Media for Good 2019 (Social Day: Social Media Marketing Awards)
#SBS Winner 2020 (Theo Paphitis)
Jennifer says: “Together we are Louder”.
Social Media Links – Find all links here: https://linktr.ee/jenlgilmour
Website- https://jennifergilmour.com/
