October is National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month; our
efforts will tie into the Stop Bullying campaign
National publicity campaign to parents, caregivers, librarians, and
teachers emphasizing accepting differences
Indie bookstore outreach via Advance Access and more
KidsBuzz promotion via School Library Journal's Extra Helping
Mar Pavon: She has published several children's books as well as
poems and stories. She has published books in English, Italian,
French, Dutch, Korean and Chinese.
She has been awarded six prestigious awards at the International
Latino Book Awards, IPPY Awards and the Living Now Awards in 2011,
2012 and 2013.
Laure Dufay: She studied illustration in the Ecole des Arts
Décoratifs in Strasbourg. She lives in Paris. She has published
comics in France and Italy, but her main focus is picture books for
kids. She has published in France, Spain, Holland, Switzerland and
China.
“Well-plotted, beautifully illustrated with a beautiful message
about embracing our differences. ….That's Not Normal has a lesson
that every person, young or not-so-young needs to constantly hear
to by happy in our everyday life.” Midwest Book Review
"Elephant is blue, animals move on two legs and talk to one
another, and Zebra has removable stripes—all of which underlines
the text’s implied messages that normality is highly relative and
it is not a good idea to ridicule those who are different.” -
Booklist
"A charming story for younger readers that makes clear in a clever
way that there really isn’t such a thing as “normal,” this choice
is lovely.” - Kendal Rautzhan, Books to Borrow, Books to Buy;
nationally syndicated newspaper column
"THAT'S NOT NORMAL has a some terrific messages while also being a
fun story. I especially enjoyed the whimsical illustrations. Isn't
the elephant on the cover absolutely adorable?….focuses on
self-confidence and diversity by showing that being different is a
strength, not a weakness. However, I also love how it teaches
children about kindness." -- Booking Mama
"A good anti-bullying story." -- This Kid Reviews Books
"Elephant is blue, animals move on two legs and talk to one
another, and Zebra has removable stripesall of which underlines
the text’s implied messages that normality is highly relative and
it is not a good idea to ridicule those who are different.” -
Booklist
"A charming story for younger readers that makes clear in a clever
way that there really isn’t such a thing as normal,” this choice
is lovely.” - Kendal Rautzhan, Books to Borrow, Books to Buy;
nationally syndicated newspaper column
"THAT'S NOT NORMAL has a some terrific messages while also being a
fun story. I especially enjoyed the whimsical illustrations. Isn't
the elephant on the cover absolutely adorable?
.focuses on
self-confidence and diversity by showing that being different is a
strength, not a weakness. However, I also love how it teaches
children about kindness." -- Booking Mama
"A good anti-bullying story." -- This Kid Reviews Books
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