The Creative Journal for Teens, Second Edition: Making Friends with Yourself

By Lucia Capacchione

Book Overview

Helps teenagers express their true feelings and thoughts in the safe, nonjudgmental atmosphere of personal journal keeping.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564145727
• ISBN13: 9781564145727
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: New Page Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

A Decent Teaching Aid

As an English teacher, I use The Creative Journal for Teens: Making Friends With Yourself for journal topic ideas even though it seems to be meant as a teen's personal and private journal. Some of the topics are repetative and others I feel are too personal for me to be asking my students to write about. It has given me some great ideas nonetheless and I think a teen that likes to write or has shown interest in journaling would love this book. I know I would have thoroughly enjoyed this book as a teenager.

Journals made fun

This book is a great help in journaling for self-discovery. The exercises are easy but can lead to some really interesting insights. I really love how writing and drawing are mixed, and looking back at my drawings is really interesting. A few small complaints: the examples in here would look much better in full color instead of bad grayscale copies with a page layout that looks like something I would do for a school project; and the cost of this book, plus the sketchbook you'll need to get started, plus a good set of markers, is a tad expensive for people still dependent on allowance money. If you've got the cash, however, this is a fun way for a teen to develop her sense of identity and work through all the nasty issues teens face.