The Kids Make It Better Book

By Workman Publishing Co.
Price $8.95
Age 6 to 9 Yrs.

This book-plus-journal provides a wondrous glimpse into the constructively creative minds of second-graders while inspiring and motivating young readers to explore their own solutions to real life problems. Air pollution, broken hearts, shyness, getting enough exercise . . . each of the 24 problems presented includes a written solution by a real second-grader accompanied by fun, colorful artwork and followed by pages on which the reader will verbally and artistically express his or her own solution. The given solutions are charming and whimsical (How would you make your school better? 'Put chocolate milk in the water fountains.'), and the interactive journaling pages are irresistibly inviting. The Observation Log and Action Plan sections encourage the reader to solve problems in their own lives, and guides the process of making an action plan for solving them.