When a Wee Rabbit called Jack meets a cat named Dr Betty, a friendship begins. Dr Betty the cat is a doctor. Jack is little and very curious about the world around him. He is curious about his feelings too. Dr Betty can help him answer his questions, explore his feelings and understand the world better.
A series of books to help parents talk to their children about many different topics, somewhat tricky for them to understand. Through the stories of Jack and Betty children learn, have fun and are able to understand better what is happening in the world and their related emotions.
Enjoy!
AuthorDr Ioanna Nixon
CategoryChildren
10 languages
2 books
Age 3 - 9
At the beginning of April David, my 4 year old son was busy building something with Lego. Frequently, his creations don’t match what the average adult brain would guess they are. This one looked impressively big.
– Me: what are you building there?
– David: I am making a massive Lego castle”
– Me: “this is wonderful! Why are you making it this big”
– David: “I want to stay there forever. To protect myself”.
Kids understand more than we think. When my 4 year old was building the Lego castle to isolate, I thought I needed to do something to help him understand the current situation. So the story of Jack Wee Rabbit and Dr Betty was born! His 9 year old brother helped me make this story and create a book to help adults explain to kids current situation through COVID19 epidemic. We read it to David, who was smiling all the way through.
Resilience at times of crisis: how we can all practice compassion, gratitude, creativity and joy during times of crisis.
A series of books to help parents talk to their children about many different topics, somewhat tricky for them to understand. Through the stories of Jack and Betty children learn, have fun and are able to understand better what is happening in the world and their related emotions.
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How many times have we felt guilty or worried because our children are bored? I have been there. Well, time to do something about it. Jack Wee Rabbit is bored and Dr Betty can help.
In this book, Jack and Betty explore ways of having great fun at home. It lists a number of easy fun and learning activities for kids and parents to do at home and also helps kids understand it is ok to be bored from time to time.
A remedy for boredom! Try Dr Betty’s yummy, easy and healthy fairy cake recipe. As for the secret ingredient, I will let you find out in the book.
Book also has a signature song in the end. Sing it with your kids!
We hope both books help children and parents through this challenging transitional time.
The journey of parenting – our journey – is the journey of life. Educate. Learn with the children and from them. Share. Have fun. Become curious again. Become their partner in joy, curiosity and learning.
— Ioanna Nixon
Ioanna is a Consultant Oncologist at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Center, a Visiting Professor at Strathclyde University and Clinical Lead for the Scottish Sarcoma Network. She cares for people with head and neck cancers and sarcomas. She holds a PhD in radiotherapy, an MPH degree and recently graduated from the Scottish Quality and Safety (SQS) Fellowship. She has a leading role in research as the NCRI Chair for Head and Neck epidemiology and Survivorship subgroup.
Ioanna has been awarded for her contribution in patient care with a Faculty of Management and Leadership (FMLM) Fellowship. She lectures on compassion and resilience and facilitates compassion and resilience workshops. Her team and Scottish Sarcoma Network is finalist for the National BMJ awards under cancer team 2020.
Ioanna is a mom of two young children. She loves traveling, cooking and sketching. She is a song writer and singer.
Dr Betty and Jack Wee Rabbit are having another chat in the second book, telling kids they can still have fun and learn at home, even if the world seems a bit scary. The book lists a number of easy fun and learning activities for kids and parents to do at home.
“Jack Wee Rabbit is bored at home. Dr Betty can help.”
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What happens when a wee rabbit wants to become an astronaut? His friends think this is funny. He is only a little rabbit after all! He starts heaving seconds thoughts until Dr Betty shares her own story with him. And everything begins to change.
“For kids and grown ups on daring to dream big!“
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“A good reminder”
Working parents and their children forget what it is to have more time to spend in each other’s company and the lockdown has been a terrible shock. This book is a great reminder for young and old ones…
— Dr Areti Makrygiorgou, Working mom, Consultant Dermatologist, Glasgow, UK
“The perfect remedy for boredom”
This is a wonderful and timely book. When my kids were young, this would have been the perfect book to read with them when they were home due to bad weather or illness, or just as a great bedtime story. This is an ideal book hidden within a lovely story. In this time of pandemic, in which parents and their children feel the strain of stay-at-home and lockdown situations, this book is a gateway to hours of fun. The perfect remedy for boredom! Well done George and Ioanna.
— Mr Arthur Lauretano, MD, MS, FACS / Chief Medical Officer Lowell General Hospital, Boston, USA / Author of the book “Do the Right Thing”
“Warm, friendly and very approachable”
These illustrations have a charm that is warm, friendly and very approachable for children and parents.
— Andrew Crummy, artist of Great Tapestry of Scotland and many large scale community Art Projects.
The story of Jack Wee Rabbit and Dr Betty was born on the 7th April.
Since then it was so well received that it is now translated in 10 languages!
English
Greek
German
Spanish