Ruby and the Rubbish Bin: A Story for Children with Low Self-Esteem Harriet Muncaster topical issue

topical issue

Oxford Reading Tree: Level 7: More Stories B: The Big Breakfast

Aspect 5: Visual-spatial memory

and remember long after the final page

with increasingly strange goings-on happening around her

Ruby and the Rubbish Bin: A Story for Children with Low Self-Esteem Harriet Muncaster topical issueRuby hates herself so much that she often feels more like a piece of rubbish than a little girl. Children at school bully her. Sometimes Ruby feels so miserable that she wants to sleep and sleep and never wake up again. Then one day, Ruby meets Dot the lunchtime lady, When Ruby feels Dot's kindness and understanding, something warm happens in Ruby's tummy. Over time, Dot helps Ruby to move from self hate to self respect. In fact Dot's smile makes Ruby