Deborah Plummer is a registered speech and language therapist with over 20 years' experience of working with both children and adults within the NHS. She is also an Imagework practitioner and runs workshops and short courses on the use of imagery and issues of self-esteem. She has extensive experience of facilitating groups and of working individually with children and adults who have low self-esteem. She is the author of Using Interactive Imagework with Children, Helping Children to Build Self-Esteem and Helping Adolescents and Adults to Build Self-Esteem all published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

`The story provides a colourful and fantastical world through which children can be helped to explore and develop feelings of self-esteem; it does this through drawing on the experiences and emotions of the tortoise, the other characters and their interwoven lives.The book is intended for interactive use with young children aged from seven to ten by teachers, parents, carers and pro-fessionals working with children.Plummer provides an extremely practical and accessible way in which to explore and foster the development of self-esteem in children to be applied in a range of contexts, from the classroom to individual therapeutic work with children, and at varying levels of complexity.'

• Part One: Theoretical and Practical Background. 1. Introduction. 2. The Nature of Story-Telling. 3. The Nature of Healthy Self-Esteem. 4. Guidelines for Sharing the Story. Part Two: The Adventures of the Little Tin Tortoise. Part Three: Activity Sheets and Guidance Notes. Appendix A: Expansion topics relevant to National Curriculum guidelines for PHSE and citizenship. Appendix B: Explanation of drama strategies. Appendix C: Character drawings.

Deborah Plummer is a registered speech and language therapist with over 20 years' experience of working with both children and adults within the NHS. She is also an Imagework practitioner and runs workshops and short courses on the use of imagery and issues of self-esteem. She has extensive experience of facilitating groups and of working individually with children and adults who have low self-esteem. She is the author of Using Interactive Imagework with Children, Helping Children to Build Self-Esteem and Helping Adolescents and Adults to Build Self-Esteem all published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

`The story provides a colourful and fantastical world through which children can be helped to explore and develop feelings of self-esteem; it does this through drawing on the experiences and emotions of the tortoise, the other characters and their interwoven lives.The book is intended for interactive use with young children aged from seven to ten by teachers, parents, carers and pro-fessionals working with children.Plummer provides an extremely practical and accessible way in which to explore and foster the development of self-esteem in children to be applied in a range of contexts, from the classroom to individual therapeutic work with children, and at varying levels of complexity.'

• Part One: Theoretical and Practical Background. 1. Introduction. 2. The Nature of Story-Telling. 3. The Nature of Healthy Self-Esteem. 4. Guidelines for Sharing the Story. Part Two: The Adventures of the Little Tin Tortoise. Part Three: Activity Sheets and Guidance Notes. Appendix A: Expansion topics relevant to National Curriculum guidelines for PHSE and citizenship. Appendix B: Explanation of drama strategies. Appendix C: Character drawings.

Deborah Plummer is a registered speech and language therapist with over 20 years' experience of working with both children and adults within the NHS. She is also an Imagework practitioner and runs workshops and short courses on the use of imagery and issues of self-esteem. She has extensive experience of facilitating groups and of working individually with children and adults who have low self-esteem. She is the author of Using Interactive Imagework with Children, Helping Children to Build Self-Esteem and Helping Adolescents and Adults to Build Self-Esteem all published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

`The story provides a colourful and fantastical world through which children can be helped to explore and develop feelings of self-esteem; it does this through drawing on the experiences and emotions of the tortoise, the other characters and their interwoven lives.The book is intended for interactive use with young children aged from seven to ten by teachers, parents, carers and pro-fessionals working with children.Plummer provides an extremely practical and accessible way in which to explore and foster the development of self-esteem in children to be applied in a range of contexts, from the classroom to individual therapeutic work with children, and at varying levels of complexity.'

• Part One: Theoretical and Practical Background. 1. Introduction. 2. The Nature of Story-Telling. 3. The Nature of Healthy Self-Esteem. 4. Guidelines for Sharing the Story. Part Two: The Adventures of the Little Tin Tortoise. Part Three: Activity Sheets and Guidance Notes. Appendix A: Expansion topics relevant to National Curriculum guidelines for PHSE and citizenship. Appendix B: Explanation of drama strategies. Appendix C: Character drawings.