When Things Aren't Going Right, Go Left
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling creator Peter H. Reynolds and talented debut author Marc Colagiovanni comes an inspirational story about optimism, overcoming adversity, and forging your own path.
"One day for no particular reason, nothing was going right. Absolutely positively, nothing was going right. So, I decided to go left..."
Told through creative language play, and with depth and whimsy, this picture book reminds readers of their own agency and the power they have to direct their own path. Marc Colagiovanni’s lyrical text and Peter H. Reynolds's stunning art create an enduring message of strength and perseverance that is both universal and personal, and one that readers will be drawn to over and over again.
This first of two new picture books created in collaboration with Marc and Peter will inspire, affirm, and reassure readers at key milestone moments in every young reader's life. When Things Aren't Going Right, Go Left makes an inspiring graduation gift as well as a must-have, uplifting read sure to bring positivity to all who read it and remind us that even when nothing is going right… we can always choose to go left.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Resilience and optimism win the day—and the long game—in an encouraging fable about finding one's way. One gloomy, rainy day, when "Absolutely, positively, NOTHING was going right," a young protagonist loaded down with baggage opts for a course correction, explaining: "So... I decided to go left." The child first leaves behind a crate full of worries—fiery red gremlins who yell, "Where are you going?" Further down the line, the protagonist sheds a sack of bellowing green doubts and approaches a diving board that brings back memories of a previous failed dive, where ditching more luggage eventually leads to exhilarating success. Heading home, the child's gradually retrieved bags boast quieter contents that, Colagiovanni writes, "weren't so hard to handle anymore." Scenes rendered in Reynolds's bold, loose lines introduce a protagonist with brown skin as well as a bird companion, who travel through pages with mottled backgrounds that moodily shift hue. It's a straightforward take on managing emotions that's just right for new grads. Ages 4–8.
