Episode 3783: Bertha the Ordinary Chicken: Helping Kids Discover What Makes Them Special | Danna Southwell

What if the thing that makes you different is actually the thing that makes you special?Author, educator, musician, and storyteller Danna Southwell joins Ric Bratton on This Week in America to discuss her heartwarming children's book, Bertha the Ordinary Chicken: Learning to Shine in Your Own Special Way (Second Edition).Bertha is the smallest and most ordinary-looking of four little chicks. While her siblings seem to have obvious talents, Bertha struggles to discover what makes her special. Teased and left out by the other chickens, she holds onto her kindness, curiosity, and determination.Then, when danger arrives at the chicken coop, the very thing that once made Bertha different becomes the gift that can save everyone.Danna discusses the important lessons behind Bertha's story, including building children's confidence and self-esteem, dealing with teasing and exclusion, celebrating individuality, choosing kindness, finding courage, and recognizing that our differences can sometimes become our greatest strengths.A lifelong educator and mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Danna Southwell draws upon decades of working with children and her own family's love of storytelling to create stories filled with warmth, humor, and meaningful lessons.Discover why every child deserves to know: You don't have to be like everyone else to be special.#ChildrensBooks #SelfEsteem #DannaSouthwelhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HGXZQSRM?lv=shuf&channelId=510&plpRedirect=mhFallbackhttps://authordannasouthwell.com/https://inkspiremediahouse.com/This Week in America with Ric Bratton features fascinating conversations with authors, experts, innovators, and newsmakers from around the world. With more than 20,000 interviews during his broadcasting career, Ric brings decades of experience to conversations covering books, health, wellness, personal development, business, family, lifestyle, and the issues that matter to you.This Week in America is distributed on more than 100 radio stations and across major podcast and digital platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Podcasts, Amazon Music, Audible, Deezer, Audacy, Podomatic, YouTube and more.Discover Bertha the Ordinary Chicken by Danna Southwell and an uplifting children's story about kindness, self-esteem, courage, belonging, individuality, and discovering your own special way to shine.YouTube Tags:Danna Southwell, Bertha the Ordinary Chicken, Bertha the Ordinary Chicken book, children's books, children's author, books for kids, kids books about confidence, self esteem for children, children's books about bullying, books about kindness, books about being different, children's books about inclusion, books about courage, social emotional learning, SEL books for kids, confidence for kids, accepting differences, children's book interview, author interview, Ric Bratton, This Week in AmericaPodomatic Keywords:Danna Southwell, Bertha the Ordinary Chicken, children's books, children's author, books for kids, children's books about confidence, self-esteem for children, books about kindness, children's books about bullying, books about being different, inclusion for children, courage for kids, social emotional learning, SEL books, accepting differences, children's literature, parenting books, classroom books, author interview, Ric Bratton, This Week in America