{"product_id":"bxosabc-dear-highlights-what-adults-can-learn-from-75-years-of-letters-and-conversations-with-kids-9781644723258","title":"Dear Highlights: What Adults Can Learn From 75 Years Of Letters And Conversations With Kids","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA unique, inside look at American childhood through the conversations between \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHighlights\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e magazine and its young readers and a call to grown-ups to make time to actively listen to the children in their lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery year, tens of thousands of children write to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHighlights \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emagazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esharing their hopes and dreams, worries and concerns, as if they were writing to a trusted friend. From the beginning, the editors at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHighlights\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e have answered every child individually. Longtime editor in chief Christine French Cully has curated a collection of this remarkable correspondence (letters, emails, drawings, and poems) in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDear Highlights\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--revealing an intimate and inspiring 75-year conversation between America’s children and its leading children’s magazine. From the timeless, everyday concerns of friendship, family, and school, to the deeper issues of identity, sexuality, divorce, and grief, here is a unique time capsule of American childhood in the voices--and the very handwriting--of children themselves. The book captures a child's-eye view of some of the most important events of the past 75 years: the COVID-19 pandemic, 9\/11, the Challenger Disaster, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Cully’s insightful narrative becomes a call to action for adults to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003elean in and listen to children\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, to make sure our kids know that they matter and what they think matters, and to assure them that they have the power to become people who change the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy turns funny, heartbreaking, moving, and enlightening, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDear Highlights\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will cause readers to reflect, to listen, and to embrace the children in their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the foreword by nationally syndicated columnist Amy Dickinson:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIn times of great stress or trouble, Mr. Rogers advised children: ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ That’s exactly what children writing to ‘Dear Highlights’ find when they put pen to paper: helpers whose open-minded trust and kindness surely has made our world a better place\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Highlights Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67642394247410,"sku":"9781644723258","price":29.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9781644723258_a.png?v=1791882833","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.com\/products\/bxosabc-dear-highlights-what-adults-can-learn-from-75-years-of-letters-and-conversations-with-kids-9781644723258","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}