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Noodle thinks his life just stinks! Homework stinks. Practice stinks. And family pictures - they REALLY stink. Noodle's attitude, or 'baditude' is alienating everyone around him. With help from a teacher and his mom, Noodle learns how to turn his 'have tos' into 'get tos.'
Series: Responsible Me! (Book 2)
Paperback: 31 pages
Publisher: Boys Town Press (August 15, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1934490903
ISBN-13: 978-1934490907
Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.3 x 8.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #4,198 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #88 in Books > Children's Books > Growing Up & Facts of Life > Friendship, Social Skills & School Life > Emotions & Feelings
Age Range: 5 - 8 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 3
I love Julia Cook's stories as they all have a message. Baditude is no different. Noodle is having a bad day and everything in his life stinks until his mother sets him straight. Change your attitude and life is not so bad. I work with kids and I have used this book every day since it arrived. Keep the books coming Julia Cook.
This was a gift to my grandsons who live across the country from me. My son says the boys (ages 4 & 2) like the story, but in places the story is complicated and above their knowledge. I personally cannot comment but I thought the title and description would be something for them to hear and maybe learn from
The title of this book is the perfect word to describe a bad attitude. Children and adults all experience them. As adults we are mature enough to know we have a lousy attitude, but a child is not always able to recognize it. They don’t understand why they feel the way they do and certainly have no clue how to remedy it. Their mood spirals out of control until their actions are out of control too!The story follows “Noodle”, Norman David Edwards. Noodle feels he has had a very bad day from the time he gets up until he comes home from school. There is just one irritating, unfair incident after another. To Noodle everything “STINKS” and is unfair. His mood escalates until by the time he arrives home he mad. As he shares the day’s events with his mom she begins to point out the positive things he is overlooking gives him some very useful insights and tools to deal with his overpowering emotions and clouded thinking.The concepts and ideas Ms. Cook shares are easy to understand and eye opening. Her communication skills and experience as a school counselor are evident. In addition to reading the book, I also had a 10 and 13 year old read it. Both children enjoyed the book said it made them very thoughtful about when they have a “baditude”. Each one said the story helped them realize that they need to focus on the positive side of their life more. One said that it helped them see that their sour disposition affects those around them and it can put others in a bad mood too.At the back of the book are 10 tips to teach a child to change a negative attitude into a positive one. Eye catching illustrations, sound wisdom, and written from a child’s viewpoint. A great to help children (and it wouldn’t hurt adults to read it either!) I can’t wait to read more of Ms. Cook’s books! Go to [...] to see more of them!
I love Julia Cook's books. I teach third grade and have found some of her other books very helpful in setting up our classroom culture at the beginning of the year. I have just bought a few of her newer books to use now at the end of the year to help with some issues that have cropped up. The books use humor to focus on issues that many children focus with. Using the books as a read aloud allows me to open up the issue in a non accusatory, non threatening way that doesn't leave any student feeling singled out. After sharing a book with the class I leave it out on for students to read independently. It is great to see thouse students who are having the issues choose to read those books on their own. I will continue to build my library of these wonderful books.
I'm in a 12 step program and love the idea of having materials like this to make it simple and clear for him honestly his behavior needs work and I think this will help
I have been loaning this out to numerous classrooms at the elementary school I am at. It has been a great hit with lots of fun carry over conversations in the classrooms.
GREAT book... as are ALL of Julia Cook books! My students LOVE when we read her stories and really LEARN from them because they are modern and speak on their level!
Very nice illustrations and the text is relatible to how children think and behave. There are good live lessons to be learned and applied here.
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