The Problem with Problems
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
How do you deal with problems? Find out in this bold, humorous, and surprisingly insightful picture book that personifies "problems" as creatures, and skillfully teaches readers (big and small!) how to handle one when it appears.
Have you ever met a problem? They come in all shapes and sizes, and can pop up at the most inconvenient times. But you should know some things about problems that will help you make them disappear...
This picture book's original take on managing emotions, and emphasis on communication, will help little ones and grown-ups alike naviagate their peskiest problems. THE PROBLEM WITH PROBLEMS is filled with social-emotional learning-based advice for every kind of situation, wrapped lovingly in the lyrical prose of award-winning children's poet Rachel Rooney.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Rooney and Hicks have some intriguing advice for readers living through anxious times: think of problems as goofy creatures a blue blob with red boots, a green behemoth with a pink nose and lengthy eyelashes, or a bright orange slinky whatsit with blue ears and a tail. Thus visualized, the problems may be no less irksome (Hicks's na f creatures, rendered in bright marker and crayon textures, exude all kinds of trouble), but they may feel more manageable. Some may not even deserve a solution. "The small ones annoy you/ but often get bored," the narrator explains as a trail of bug-size problems follows a child: "They'll wander away when/ they're being ignored." Even seemingly insurmountable problems have a weak spot: they're a secretive bunch that "hate to be shared," so unburdening oneself to a caring grown-up or friend might just cause a quandary to vanish. Picking battles, talking it out, letting some things slide is advice that adults often give each other, and it's refreshing and up-to-the-minute relevant to see it aimed at kids. Ages 3 7.
