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About Josh & Nelly's Books
Who is Josh & Nelly's Books?
Josh & Nelly's Books is a family-owned business that strives to teach various growth mindset themes through adventurous children's book stories, encouraging young readers to think critically using Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) skills.
Our Books
Spark young minds with Josh & Nelly's Publishing! Multi-award-winning author Joanne Telcide-Bryant crafts engaging children's books that nurture social-emotional learning (SEL) skills. Through captivating stories and interactive activities, children explore growth mindset themes, critical thinking, and positive goal setting. Each book features a prologue, glossary, and comprehension questions, making it ideal for parents, educators, and young readers alike.
Our Team
Josh & Nelly's Books consists of multi-award-winning author and creator of all content, Joanne Telcide-Bryant, and her beautiful, talented, and intelligent family members, who are integral members of Josh & Nelly's content advisors. Josh & Nelly B. are the chief advisors and the first to provide their insight and advisement on all content. Brittany P. operates as chief editor, James T. provides illustrations, while Micah G. and Lauwenda T. provide content support. Collectively, the team encourages young learners to love reading and grow their knowledge and imagination through Josh & Nelly's books. Our team believes that including a prologue, a glossary, and a set of comprehension questions within Josh & Nelly's books builds reading success to support literacy growth.
About the Author
About Our Author
Joanne Telcide-Bryant is a first-generation Haitian-American, a mother, an award-winning published children's book author, an educational consultant, and a presenter. Ms. Telcide-Bryant has completed her Education Specialist degree in Teaching and Learning with a focus on special education from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. As a veteran educator of 24 years within the public school sector, Ms. Telcide-Bryant has earned teaching certifications in the following fields: English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) teacher, Speech and Language Pathology (SLP), Teacher of the Speech and Hearing Impaired (TSHH), Early Intervention Teacher (EI), Special Education Itinerant Teacher (SEIT), and Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) interventionist. As a bilingual speaker of English and Haitian Creole, Ms. Telcide-Bryant promotes cultural sensitivity and provides optimal awareness of cultural diversity as a component of special education.
Professional Teaching Credentials
Georgia State Teaching Certification:
ESOL Endorsement (T-6); Speech-Language Pathology, Level (S-6), Special Education Teacher (T-6)
Florida State Teaching Certification:
Exceptional Students Education (ESE): Special Education PreK-12 grade
New York State Teaching Certification:
Teacher of Speech & Hearing Impaired: Communication Disorders
California State Teaching Certification:
Exceptional Students: Education Specialist
Professional Learning Conference Presentations
Title: Connecting SEL Strategies to Successful Literacy Acquisition Practices
*2024 GA PTA Convention Leadership Training- Atlanta, GA
*The 54th New York State Teachers of English to Speakers of Other
Languages Annual Conference 2024, Hyatt Regency Rochester, NY
*2025 Georgia Speech Hearing Association Convention, Atlanta, GA
*TESOL 2025 International Convention & Expo-Long Beach Convention
Center in Long Beach, California, USA
Why write children’s books?
For over 20 years, I’ve served children as a special education teacher, and I work with the speech impaired. Additionally, I tutor as a reading comprehension specialist for academically at-risk students. Reading children’s books to my students continues to bring joy to my heart as I teach young learners to read, narrate stories, and improve their comprehension skills. Growing one’s imagination proves that early intervention is essential for achieving academic success. Josh & Nelly’s books include a prologue, a glossary, and a set of comprehension questions.
Author Appearances & Presentations
Joanne Telcide-Bryant presents storytime and activity presentations for school-age children. Storytime includes a read-along, vocabulary building, comprehension/critical skills activity, arts/crafts, and show-and-tell children's participation.
Each story consists of a growth-mindset theme presentation focusing on Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies. SEL is when children and adults develop cognitive skills that shape their ability to manage emotions and behaviors and set and achieve positive goals. The SEL competencies covered are self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, social awareness, and relationship skills. Eastorytimeime presentation will run from 45 minutes to 60 minutes. Students are afforded to leave with the presented storybook and their craft activity.