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    A Book About Us: Celebrating Diversity
    A Book About Us: Celebrating Diversity
    A Book About Us: Celebrating Diversity
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    A Book About Us: Celebrating Diversity

    By Eli Keen

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    Author Eli Keen invites readers on a unique adventure across the United Kingdom in A Book About Us. This volume is the first in the Be Talk series - a series of books for children and young people focused on self and social awareness.

    A school counselor, teacher and workshop leader, Eli wrote the book as a testament of her passion and commitment to making a difference. In her own words she shares, My work with children and young people is very precious to me. It is the reason why I am here offering you this book and with it the opportunity to learn more about yourself, the relationship we have with each other, and about the beautiful planet we share and care for.

    The book is a collection of four stories told by four British children and includes teaching tools useful for personal and social education. It is the first step in a long journey in places around the world where English is spoken and used in schools as an official language. Readers will meet Rhys from Wales, Sheena from Northern Ireland, Stuart from Scotland and Vicki from England. The stories they share combined with a delightful selection of photographs offer a glimpse into their individual home lives including their hopes and dreams and what it is like in their respective countries as well as some interesting trivia.

    Not only does A Book About Us unravel to an adventure around different parts of the world, it also leads to a fun journey towards self-discovery. The reading experience is one that will prove to be timely and necessary at the same time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris UK
    Release dateMay 10, 2012
    ISBN9781469148694
    A Book About Us: Celebrating Diversity
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    Eli Keen

    Eliana Regina Ferreira Keen has been an observer of life for as long as she can remember. After a career as a language teacher, translator and interpreter, she invested in a new career and with her degree in Counselling with the University of Glamorgan (Wales – UK) she has realized she is fulfilling her purpose in life. Eli runs Living Talks (Wales) www.livingtalks.com - a Personal Development Practice and works as a school counsellor working mainly with secondary school aged pupils. Eli also works with special education needs and is involved with Kids at School in Nepal www.kidsatschoolnepal.co.uk a charity dedicated to helping support education for the children of Nepal. Eli is passionate and committed to making a difference in the lives of children and young people. She believes that, through getting to truly know ourselves we can begin to experience love unconditionally. That through accepting, respecting and honouring our lives we can heal ourselves and each other. But first and foremost she believes in a colourful future for humanity and that we are ALL magnificent beings! Eli is passionate and committed to making a difference in the lives of children and young people. She believes that, through getting to truly know ourselves we can begin to experience love unconditionally. That through accepting, respecting and honouring our lives we can heal ourselves and each other. But first and foremost she believes in a colourful future for humanity and that we are ALL magnificent beings!

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      A Book About Us - Eli Keen

      Copyright © 2012 by Eli Keen.

      Library of Congress Control Number:       2012900305

      ISBN:         Hardcover                               978-1-4691-4868-7

                         Softcover                                 978-1-4691-4867-0

                         Ebook                                      978-1-4691-4869-4

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      To order additional copies of this book, contact:

      Xlibris Corporation

      0-800-644-6988

      www.xlibrispublishing.co.uk

      Orders@xlibrispublishing.co.uk

      303091

      Contents

      Introduction

      WALES

      Teaching Tools:

      Insert One

      All About Me

      NORTHERN IRELAND

      Teaching Tools:

      Insert Two

      All About Me

      SCOTLAND

      Teaching tools:

      Insert three

      All About Me

      ENGLAND

      Teaching tools:

      Insert four

      All About Me

      GLOSSARY

      I dedicate this book to my son Kern and to every single child across and around our beautiful planet Earth. I also dedicate it to the inner child that eternally lives in ALL of us deserving and worthy of the love, care and attention that we are meant to get.

                                                                   In mind and spirit,

      Eli Keen

      Cowbridge, Wales – UK

      Spring 2012

      Logo%20Be%20Talk.jpg

      Be Talk™ is a series of books for children and young people focused on Self, Cultural and Social Awareness with a view to promote personal development and collective growth.

      If there is light in the heart, there is love in the person.

      If there is love in the person, there is harmony in the home.

      If there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation.

      And if there is order in the nation, there is Peace on Earth

      (A Chinese proverb)

      Volume one: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

      This volume is the first step towards a long journey around the globe where English is spoken in Schools as an official language. An invitation to know more about our lives told by different children and young people around the globe.

      In this volume, you will get to ‘meet’ Rhys from Wales, Sheena from Northern Ireland, Stuart from Scotland,

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