When Sophie Thinks She Can't...

When Sophie Thinks She Can't...Three time Caldecott Honor illustrator Molly Bang helps children solve problems by showing a different and highly effective approach: I can't do it becomes I can't do it yet. When Sophie can't solve a math puzzle, she feels upset and inadequate. I CAN'T DO IT she shouts, expressing the frustration all of us feel when we try and fail. Will she ever be smart like her sister? Maybe she isn't smart at all. Luckily Sophie's teacher steps in. What does it

Three-time Caldecott Honor illustrator Molly Bang helps children solve problems by showing a different -- and highly effective -- approach: I can't do it becomes I can't do it... yet.
When Sophie can't solve a math puzzle, she feels upset and inadequate. I CAN'T DO IT she shouts, expressing the frustration all of us feel when we try and fail. Will she ever be smart like her sister? Maybe she isn't smart at all.

Luckily Sophie's teacher steps in. What does it mean to be smart? Using current, popular mindset techniques, Sophie's class is taught that we get smarter when we exercise our brains, such as when we work harder at solving a puzzle. Struggling to solve a problem doesn't mean I can't do it Sophie and her classmates just can't do it... yet

Readers will cheer when Sophie finally prevails, and at the end of the day, she's confident and optimistic. At home, Sophie uses her new technique to help her dad solve a carpentry puzzle.

In this third book about Sophie, Molly Bang again helps children deal with a challenging everyday issue, providing an opening to ask: What do you do when you think, I can't ?

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Blue Sky Press (AZ)
Published: 01/02/2018
ISBN: 9781338152982
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.10h x 9.20w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2017
Publishers Weekly 11/13/2017
School Library Journal 01/01/2018
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2018 pg. 55
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2018
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 193767 / When Sophie Thinks She Can't...
Reading Level: 2.5 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5