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Exhibition of Children's Books by Parenting Students

Exhibit: October 2003

Samford University Library hosts Values in Parenting: Lessons to be Learned.

The exhibit consists of 30 children books handcrafted by the Parenting Students from the Department of Family Studies. The books are showcased in the Reading Room on the second floor.

Values in Parenting: Lessons To Be Learned

Image of Parenting Student Reading to the Children How do we teach a group of students who are not parents themselves the art of parenting? At Samford University students rely on their own experiences of having been parented, in a Problem Based Learning class on Parenting, taught by a Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Clara Gerhardt. When Dr. Kristie Chandler, an adjunct with the Department of Family Studies, taught the Parenting Course, she introduced the idea of writing children's books. It has since become a tradition. The featured book "Petey's Search for Peace" was written in Dr. Chandler's class.

As part of a unit on the role of values in Parenting, students explore the theories on moral and cognitive development in children. As a 'real world' task, the students wrote children's books in which the core message was to impart a "lesson to be learned." The students read these books to children at the Samford Children's Learning Center. The children's enthusiasm was the true test. Our students learned that the art of reading a story, interacting with the youthful audience, and the relationships established, were a crucial part of their 'lessons-to-be-learned' series of books.

"There's room in the nursery for both story free moralizing and morals-free storytelling." (Gurden, 2003)

Closing date: October 31, 2003.

The Books

	Petey's Search for Peace written and illustrated by Beth Alyson Little read it online
	That's Just Me created and Illustrated by Emily Richardson, Sarah Godfrey, Sylvia Austin, Steven Castello and Marie Hundley
	Tammy the Turtle created by Elizabeth Chandler, Christen Greene, Vaughan Boyd, Kim Stumf and Melanie Moyd
	Key Points to Good Parenting by Sylvia Austin, Emily Richardson, Steven Castello, Marie Hundley and Sarah Godfrey
	Helping Hands created by Kim Addington, Amber Arnold, Kevin Bradford, Lisa Houston, Katie Gilbert and Melissa Smith
	Human Development Lifespan Observations by Jennifer King - Fall 2002
	Peter the Plane says Hello Sarah Atkins, Lauren Bean, Stephen Fairchild, Hope Johnson and Lauren Keel
	Petey Learns Teamwork (author unknown)
	What's Cookin' by Ginger Coupland, DeLaune Dugas, Kyle Harold, Jennifer King, Sarah Ott and Neeley Vance
	Rad Randy and the New Kid on the Block by Ty Coffey
	Rad Randy Learns to Play Ball by Matt Fields
	Lucy and the Broken Radio by Lauren A. Osmundsen
	Carrie the Carrot's Encounter with Pete the Potato by Kerri Hudson, Sarah Carter, Ashley Baldowski, Kari Blodgett and Alex Milner