The What Do You Do With…? series from Kobi Yamada and Mae Besom came to mind when looking at the calendar for read aloud inspiration this month. These beautifully illustrated, fantastically told picture books will inspire kids, and their grownups, to discover the amazing things that happen when you nurture your bright ideas, face your problems, and take bold chances.
What Do You Do With An Idea? is the story of one brilliant idea and the child who helps to bring it into the world. It can kickstart discussions about the ideas we have that seemed a little too big, too odd, or too difficult and inspire each of us to welcome our ideas, help them grow, and see what happens next.
The follow-ups to the award winning original focus on positive thinking when faced with challenges. What Do You Do with a Problem? to inspire you to look closely at that problem and to find out why it’s here. The final book in the series, What Do You Do With a Chance?* is the story of missed opportunities and the courage to be brave, not all the time, but at the right time.
What Do You Do with an Idea? and What Do You Do With A Problem? are both available to read aloud with a storyscape on Novel Effect, they’re highly emotive and beautifully enhance Kobi Yamada and Mae Besom efforts to make complex concepts accessible to young readers.
Give these book a read on National Swap Ideas Day, Sept. 10 or National Positive Thinking Day, Sept. 13. The What Do You Do With A… series includes picture books to encourage kids to embrace a growth mindset, share a creative idea, face a problem, or take a chance anytime of year!
* We haven’t yet added What Do You Do With A Chance? to the Novel Effect library. Let us know in the comments if you think it deserves a storyscape!
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