Bøker av Maggie Sullivan

`A wonderfully nostalgic tale' Choice Magazine

Usually, Amelia looks forward to her school's annual end of year show, where she can sit back and watch her friends showcase their talents, but not this time. This year, everyone is required to participate in the day by showing a talent or hidden treasure. The only problem is that Amelia has no talents and has to find a hidden treasure to display. But time is running out, and the special day isn't far away. What will Amelia do?This book can be read for pure enjoyment or it can be used as a teaching tool for parents, teachers and children to have critical conversations about the hidden treasures that are in all of us. It includes a number of learning connections at the end of the story and a Reader's Guide that can be downloaded at maggiesullivan.ca.

Parents, teachers and children will love The Story of Max. Max is a hairless cat who becomes a bully after having to move to a new home. Max's whole world has been turned upside down, and he doesn't know how to accept the changes. While at his new home, he becomes a bully to one of his new family members Lilly. Thankfully, Lilly has learned how to take responsibility for her life and through a heart-to-heart conversation, she teaches Max how to gain a new perspective and start his own self-awareness journey. Max learns the importance of developing a strong value system and how to treat others the way that he wants to be treated by following the Golden Rule. The author draws on over twenty years of experience in the classroom to present issues in a way that children are able to make connections with, giving parents and teachers and opportunity to engage in having difficult conversations. The book can be read for pure enjoyment or it can be used as a social story to teach about a variety of critical issues that children may experience today. It includes a number of learning connections at the end of the book and a Reader's Guide that can be downloaded at maggiesullivan.ca.

Parents, teachers and children will love Alex and his Amazing Abilities. The story chronicles the life of a boy named Alex who has been diagnosed with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder. The reader learns about his frustrations of having an Individual Education Plan, "IEP" and feeling different from others...until grade eight. Alex's teacher, Mrs. Hunter, introduces the "IEP" Talk and shares the special strengths that many people with learning disabilities have in common.Alex learns how to turn his disabilities into Amazing Abilities. This book can be read for pure enjoyment or it can be used as a teaching tool for parents, teachers and children to have critical conversations about how using available supports can turn a learning disability into an amazing ability. It includes learning connections at the end of the book and a Reader's Guide that can be downloaded at maggiesullivan.ca.

It's Christmas on the nation's favourite street in this heartwarming and gripping family drama.'Wonderfully nostalgic' Choice Magazine

A charming and nostalgic read, perfect for fans of Coronation Street and readers who love stories set in wartime.

Heartwarming and nostalgic new Saga series from the author of Mother's Day on Coronation Street.

Heartwarming and nostalgic new Saga series from the author of Mother's Day on Coronation Street.

The prefect seasonal gift full of nostalgia and charm, perfect for fans of Coronation Street and readers who love Fiction set in times past.

A wonderful Christmas gift full of nostalgia and charm, perfect for fans of Coronation Street and readers who love Fiction set in Wartime.Elsie Grimshaw lives in one of the worst streets in Weatherfield and is desperate to escape from life at home with a brutal father and the drudgery of working at the local mill. Grabbing at the slim chances that come her way, Elsie emerges from the heartbreak of first love and her marriage to bad boy, Arnold Tanner at only sixteen years old, if not much older, then certainly wiser.Going under her married name of Elsie Tanner, she and Arnold move in to No.11 Coronation Street in 1939 as war breaks out. Her cheeky self-confidence immediately puts her at loggerheads with local busy-body Ena Sharples and Annie Walker, landlady of the Rovers Return.As Christmas approaches, the residents of Coronation Street must put their petty squabbles aside if they are to survive the worst that Hitler's Luftwaffe can throw at them. And as the Manchester Blitz grips their home town of Weatherfield, the residents must pull together to make this a Christmas to remember - for all of the right reasons...As Christmas approaches, the residents of Coronation Street must put their petty squabbles aside if they are to survive the worst that Hitler's Luftwaffe can throw at them. And as the Manchester Blitz grips their home town of Weatherfield, the residents must pull together to make this a Christmas to remember - for all of the right reasons...