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Bizzy the Chicken Series

When Bizzy the Chicken tries to do everything at once, her busy day turns into a big mess. With help from her calm friend Patience, Bizzy learns that slowing down and focusing on one thing at a time can make hard days feel easier.

Bizzy and Patience

Bizzy

Bizzy the Chicken is a curious, high-energy hen whose enthusiasm sometimes leads her to feel overwhelmed. Her expressive face and lively posture reflect her eagerness to do everything at once.

Black and white hen with a purple bow necklace

Patience

Patience is the calm, older hen who serves as Bizzy’s steady emotional anchor. She is gentle, observant, and reassuring—not a teacher or authority figure, but a quiet model of how slowing down and focusing on one thing at a time can bring calm and clarity. Through her presence and simple guidance, Patience helps Bizzy feel capable rather than corrected, showing readers that patience is a skill that can be practiced with kindness.

The Best is Yet to Come

The book is designed as the first in a character-forward SEL series set on a warm, lived-in farm world. Future titles explore finishing tasks and cleaning up, self-regulation through breathing and choice, digital citizenship, and caring for shared community spaces. Bizzy’s high-energy voice and Patience’s steady presence create a dynamic contrast that allows each book to balance humor with emotional depth while remaining accessible for home and classroom read-alouds.

Pitch Packet

Book 1

This pitch packet introduces Bizzy the Chicken, a character-driven picture book series for ages 4–8 that blends humor, warmth, and social-emotional learning through story-first storytelling. It includes an overview of Book 1, a clear series vision, character summaries for Bizzy and Patience, comparable titles, and author background—presented to highlight series longevity, classroom relevance, and strong commercial appeal while maintaining an emotionally safe, child-centered approach.

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About the Creator

Jennifer Burkdoll is a children’s author who creates warm, character-driven stories that support social-emotional growth. She grew up helping in her mother’s elementary classroom, where her mother taught fifth grade and later worked as an elementary school counselor. She is the parent of two grown children.

What's To Come

Future books in the Bizzy & Patience series build on these themes, guiding children through skills like cleaning up, calming big feelings, thoughtful decision-making, digital kindness, and caring for their community.

SERIES Pitch Packet

Bizzy & Patience

This pitch packet presents the overarching vision for the Bizzy & Patience series, detailing its characters, developmental sequencing, and market positioning. Designed to highlight series longevity, it shows how Bizzy’s growth and Patience’s steady presence support emotionally safe, story-first SEL across multiple books.

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VISIONS OF FUTURE BRAND ENHANCEMENTS

Bizzy the Stuffed Animal

Patience the Stuffed Animal

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Patience the Stuffed Animal

Patience the Stuffed Animal

Coloring Books

Coloring Books

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Bizzy & Patience: Respecting Feelings

💗 New Valentine’s Day SEL Book for Kids (Ages 5–7) 💗

Bizzy & Patience: Respecting Feelings helps children learn that everyone feels differently—and all feelings matter.

Through gentle storytelling and cozy barnyard scenes, Bizzy learns to slow down and ask, “How do you feel?” while Patience models calm listening, kindness, and respect for space.

Perfect for classrooms, counselors, families, and Valentine’s Day lessons focused on empathy, consent, and emotional awareness—not candy or crushes.

Because love looks like listening. 💕

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Bizzy & Patience Coloring Book

Coloring pages (mock up) for children featuring Bizzy and Patience.

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