When a new student arrives looking different, Mrs. Bookbinder models the skill of empathy to help the class welcome and accept diversity. Shubert plans to lead his class in welcoming a new class member, but the warm welcome turns quickly into teasing, laughing and exclusion. Spencer, the new student, looks different from everyone else. See how Mrs. Bookbinder and the Bug Valley gang learn to accept diversity and also embrace it.
Becky A. Bailey, Ph.D., specializes in early childhood education and developmental psychology. Her lectures reach more than 20,000 people annually, and her awards include a Parents' Choice Foundation commendation for three of her parenting audiotapes. She has appeared on CNN, PBS, and The Hour of Power with Dr. Robert Schuller, among other programs. She lives in Oviedo, Florida.