How I Feel About My School: A Story to Identify and Reflect on Childrens Emotions

About Anita Lehmann

Anita Lehmann is a versatile award-winning author of fiction and non-fiction for both children and adults. Born and raised in Bern Switzerland and with an MA in Economic and Social History from the University of Geneva Anita has lived studied and worked in many different places before making Cambridge UK home for herself and her family. She usually writes in a shed at the back of her garden drinking English tea and missing Swiss chocolate with her black spaniel snoring at her feet.Karin Eklund is an artist and illustrator living and working in Cambridge UK. Her studio is in Milton Country Park where she works daily. Her main commissions are for childrens books but she also works with academic book titles museum educational material and collaborations with researchers.Professor Claire Hughes is a developmental psychologist at the University of Cambridge UK where she is a Fellow at Newnham College and Deputy Head at the Psychology Department. She was the lead researcher on the ESRC-funded Ready or Not study which aimed to bring together different viewpoints on school readiness and highlighted the difficulties that many parents face in getting a clear picture of their young childs life at school. Dr Elian Fink is based at the School of Psychology University of Sussex UK. Her work focuses on how best to support childrens social skills and peer relationships at the transition to school and was a Co-Investigator of the ESRC-funded Ready or Not study alongside Dr Rory Devine at the University of Birmingham and Dr Hana DSouza at Cardiff University.