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From The Publisher Patrick'S Story Is A Spring Board To Communication And Discussion About Important And Sensitive Issues. Here Are Only A Few: Communicating Negative Feelings...Mr. Marrow Expresses Frustration By Namecalling, Shouting And Showing Contempt. So Does Miss Anmonia Bunion, Patrick'S Teacher. Why Do People Do That? Aren'T There Better Ways Of Letting Other People Know That We Are Annoyed, Unhappy Or Frustrated Than By Being 'Mean And Bombastic'? Do Children Have The Power To Make Their Homes Happier Places? Patrick Uses Incredible Reversing Peppermints, But Real Children Don'T Have Magic...Or Do They? What Are Some Reallife Incredible Reversing Peppermints? How About Smiles? Hugs? A Helpful Hand? A Positive Attitude? Patrick Could Learn A Lot By Reading How To Be Rich. Many Families Have Chaotic Lives Where Verbal Abuse And Much Worse Behavior Are Frequent And Sometimes Even Constant. How Are People, Especially Children, Affected By Living This Way? How Does It Make Us Feel To Be Involved With People Who Neglect, Deride, Or Abuse Others In Various Ways? How Can Such Situations Be Made Better? Play This Game With Your Family: Have Each Member Take A Turn Saying: 'If I Had One Real Incredible Reversing Peppermint, I Would Change...'(A Great Topic For Creative Writing, Too.). In A Family Where Everyone Is Six Or Over, Take 15 Minutes A Day For A Week To Read One Or Two Chapters At A Time With Everyone Taking Turns Reading Aloud And Sharing Opinions And Ideas Afterwards. Family Reading Time, Especially If They Are Regular, Are One Of The Best Ways To Encourage Children To Become Lifelong Readers. Product Description All Patrick'S Problems Seem To Be Solved When An Unusual Character Gives Him Some Peppermints That Have The Power To Completely Change People'S Behavior About The Author When Asked To Write A Brief Autobiographical Account Of How I Came To Be So Interested In Art, Music And Wildlife, I Found Myself Faced With A Problem. Most People Would Be Able To List Their Achievements Or Qualifications, And Mention How And Where They Had Trained. I Can No None Of This, Having No Training Or Qualifications At All. On Reflection, It Seems That Various Circumstances And Events During My Childhood Have Shaped My Life. When I Was Young, My Father Would Tell Me A Different Story Every Night, Improvised On Any Subject I Chose. Perhaps This Has Led To My Own Fondness Of Telling Stories. So Here Is Another Story Not An Imaginary Story This Time, But A True One... One Of My Earliest Childhood Memories Is Of Being Ill In Bed With The Measles. To Keep Me Amused, My Mother Would Sit On The Bed And Draw Pictures For Me To Colour. I Can Still Recall The Picture On One Particular Day. A Weasell Sat On A Log, Surrounded By Mounts Of Autumn Leaves And Conkers. Proud Of The Finished Result, Mother Asked If There Was Anything Else I Would Like As A Special Present To Cheer Me Up. Without A Moments Hesitation, I Replied, 'A Tortoise'. Although The Request Was Not Quite What She Had Expected, My Very First Pet Arrived Later That Afternoon And Was Given The Name Of Fred! I Remember Being Fascinated By His Every Movement, Especially His Trick Of Being Able To Withdraw Into His Shell. He Was Later Joined By A Rabbit, And The Three Of Us Would Go On Picnics Together. They Were Happy, Carefree Days, But They Came To A Sudden End When It Was Time To Start School. Up Till That Time I Had Spent Very Little Time With Other Children; Always Preferring My Own Company And That Of Various Little Creature I Adopted. Only A Few Days After Starting School, Something Happened That Has Probably Affected Me Ever Since. During My Walk Home, Which Took Me Down A Long, Narrow Lane, An Older Schoolboy Chased After Me Brandishing A Knife, Shouting That He Was Going To Kill Me. Even Now I Can Hear The Pounding Of His Footsteps Behind Me As I Raced Towards Home. I Had No Desire To Ever Return To School Again, But Of Course I Had N