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With a backpack and umbrella, the child tries to escape the problem while the storm swirls, awash with compass points scattered across the pages. --Publishers Weekly . My problem held an opportunity!" Though some younger readers may find the story overly vague it's easy to imagine questions like What is his problem? and What is he talking about? popping up Yamada's inspirational prose and the romance of Besom's spreads make an impact. "I didn't want it. I even found ways to disguise myself. I tried everything I could to hide from it. A child frets about a problem that won't go away. Ages 5-8. A straightforward, effective approach to helping children cope with one of life's commonplace yet emotionally fraught situations, this belongs on the shelf alongside Molly Bang's Sophie books. But it still found me." The spare, direct narrative is accompanied by soft gray illustrations in pencil and watercolor. Color is added bit by bit as the storm cloud grows and its color becomes more s

. He happily lives with the love of his life and their two super fun kids in the land of flying salmon where he gets to believe in his ideas all day long. He thinks he just might be the luckiest person on the planet. Kobi Yamada is the creator of many inspiring gift books and ideas as well as the president of Compendium, a company of amazing people doing amazing things

EmilytheStrange said Depends on your audience. I was really disappointed. I bought this for my child with anxiety about new things hoping that it'd be more of a 'solutions' type book. Instead, it sort of feeds the different ways to avoid tackling a problem. After the book is done describing the different ways that you cannot ignore a problem, it just says that you have to tackle it. Of course, we tried to talk it out and discuss methods of tackling problems, but we already do that and I hoped this book would reinforce the try try again type of solution.My daughter is VERY into books. And usually, when we get a new book, she wants to s. Samantha L. said Great introduction to talks about confronting problems.. I ordered this book for my daughter, who I am currently trying to work with on sportsmanship and friends. She gets easily frustrated and has very tender feelings, so when she gets upset she likes to try and hide from whatever is bothering her and avoid it until she can forget why it bothers her. Instead of doing that, I want to empower her to be the solution to her problem. I think this book did a really fantastic job or addressing all the ways she likes to hide from the things bugging her, and letting her know that in the end she can make it go away on her own if she will just look at th. This is a great book with a valuable lesson and just enough depth jnet This is a great book with a valuable lesson and just enough depth for its intended audience. My 5 year old enjoyed the suspenseful build up as the "problem" got bigger and bigger. Then we've talked about problems he's had. 5 year olds have very cute problems. Anyhow, I get the criticism from one reviewer who basically said that the problem solving section lacked depth to tackle specific problems but honestly, this is about as much depth that a children's self-help book needs. Essentially, the message is you can't ignore it, you can't run away from it and you can't hide from it - you just

—Publishers Weekly• Yamada's inspirational prose and the romance of Besom's spreads make an impact. —Kirkus ReviewsWhat Do You Do With a Problem? is a story for anyone, at any age, who has ever had a problem that they wished would go away. It's a story to inspire you to look closely at that problem and to find out why it's here. But when the child finally musters up the courage to face it, the problem turns out to be something quite different than it appeared.Praise for What Do You Do With a Problem?• Gold medal winner of the Mom s Choi