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Learn how to BUILD EMPATHY, BE FAIR, and DEVELOP COMPASSION by exploring EQUITY VS. EQUALITY while enjoying a beautiful, powerful, and engaging story with your kids! ""Life's not fair!"" Sue Stingray is a master at playing darts...but she can't understand why her friends have stopped playing with her until Oliver Octopus challenges her to her own Unwinnable Game. Studies show that by age four, humans (like Sue) learn to view ""fairness"" as equality (equal distribution), but developing true empathy requires an understanding of equity (equal opportunity) as well. Join Oliver the Octopus as he streeeeeeeetches his octopus arms and his thinking to help Sue Stingray repair her friendships. This motivational reading book teaches children AND adults to: ● Be more fair, even when 'fair' isn't so obvious ● Build empathy, compassion, and emotional regulation ● Make a better world for yourself and others ● Stand up for what's right For the nerds, the research behind the theme: By age 4, many children intrinsically understand fairness only as ""equal distribution"" (Blake, 2017). But equal opportunity (equity) is often more fair and usually results in ""more equal societies"" that ""do better in health, education, and nutrition"" (Vandemoortele, 2012). It's also critical to developing empathy and compassion (Nakkula and Toshalis, 2006) which leads to better emotional regulation and language skills (Ornaghi, Conte, Grazzani, 2022).

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"""Parents and children alike will be relieved! 5 Stars."" -Reader's Favorite (5 Stars) ""Families now have the answer to their prayers...a book that explains the concept of ""fairness"" in a colorful, carefully crafted way that kids (and adults!) can understand."" -M.C., Amazon Reviewer"

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Amazon best-selling author Ben Okon is a children's book writer who never outgrew his childhood habit of asking ""why?"" and ""how?"" Now that he's a father of two and has to be the one giving the answers, he loves challenging himself to think through the things he wishes he had known earlier in life from the perspective of a child. But he's not just an author, and he brings a unique analytical method to the design of his children's books. In his other life, Ben is a business leader who has developed people, product, and corporate strategies with companies like Google, Bain & Co., and Starwood Hotels. He crafts and tests each of his books using the same rigor that he employs when making decisions for some of the world's most influential leaders. He is a regular contributor to schools and educational nonprofits, and holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University.

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