My Hands are Happy Helpers

by Sandra Joy, Mo Van Egmond (Illustrations)

Children love to help. Written for 3-5 year olds, the Happy Helper series explores the way children help their family and friends by using what they have - hands, heart, eyes, mouth, ears, brain and feet. In this book, follow along as the reader experiences helping others when they are busy during the Christmas season, by exploring When someone else needs help, I like to use my ... hands.

36 pages, Hardcover

Published January 17, 2023

About the author

Sandra Joy, Ph.D., LCSW is an assistant professor of sociology at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. She received her Ph.D in sociology from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and her M.S.W. from Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia. Her primary research areas are race/ethnic relations, social movement theory, and the area of death, dying and bereavement. She has worked as a mental health/substance abuse therapist and community activist for many years and is currently examining the bereavement process confronting families of death row inmates.