Arnold, Ellen

Presents a collection of teaching methods designed to strengthen such skills as reading, writing, spelling, math, note taking, and listening; and includes case studies from actual strength-based assessments and fifty specific strength-based interventions.

Offers parents and teachers advice on how to help children become persistent and successful learners, providing lesson plans for the accompanying set of children's books.

A boy named Brilliant Brain visits a fantasy land called Intelligence Avenue and meets the Smart Parts, who teach him strategies for dealing with fear.