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"The award-winning creators of New York Times bestsellers What Do You Do With an Idea and What do You Do With a Problem return with a story of a child who isn't sure what to make of a chance encounterthen discovers that when you get brave, take chances, and say yes to new experiences, amazing things can happen. "What do chances become? New friendships, exciting opportunities, and daring discoveries]] So, what will you do with your chance? Now that's up to you." Written by New York Times best-selling author Kobi Yamada and beautifully illustrated by Mae Besom, What Do You Do With a Chance? is the story of a child who is visited by a chancebut because he isn't sure what to do with it, lets it go. Later on, when a new chance comes around he reaches for it, but this time he misses and falls. Now he is afraid. Will he be brave enough to take another chance when it comes around? The final addition to the award-winning What Do You Do With]]? picture book series, this book inspires kids of
Author Notes
Kobi Yamada is an inspirational author who is the creator of many inspirational gift books and ideas. He is also the president of Compendium, a company composed of amazing people doing amazing things. His titles include: What Do You do With an Idea?, What Do You Do with a Problem?, She, Do More of What Makes You Feel Alive, and Yes.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2-In this delightful third story by the author and illustrator team, readers are asked the essential question: What do you do with a chance? With great deftness and imagery, Yamada and Besom explore how opportunities come to be and the emotions associated with them. Readers learn that chances, though unexpected, can consume one's thoughts. Yet, even when they desire to have a decision presented to them, fear of failure or embarrassment may stop them from reaching out and taking it. Yamada's use of simple text coupled with Besom's progressive use of watercolor takes children on a journey from fear of the unknown to courage. This title is an ideal read-aloud and discussion starter and is every bit as charming, insightful, and revelatory as its predecessors, What Do You With an Idea? and What Do You With a Problem? VERDICT Children of all ages will be inspired to take a chance as "it just might be the start of something incredible."-Maegen Rose, Collegiate School Library, New York City © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Perfectionists and those with social anxiety will find encouragement in the reminder that embarrassment is temporary and even the fearful can choose to take chances. The tunic-clad child with shaggy, dark hair and a light complexion who appears in the duo's prior works (What Do You Do with an Idea?, 2014, and What Do You Do with a Problem?, 2016) is now presented with chances, which materialize in the form of golden, origami-style butterflies. Finally attempting to grasp one, the child falls and is mortified when it seems that others titter in amusement. Deciding it's better to avoid the possibility of future mishaps, the child ignores other chances but inside feels increasingly bereft, contemplating a safe-but-dull existence. When at last a chance thrillingly does appear again, the child decides to take the leapliterallyand feels jubilant exhilaration. Set in a pseudo-medieval fantasy world, the story makes abstract concepts usefully concrete. An ideal discussion starter at home and in the classroom, it will inspire conversations about humiliations endured (and recovered from) and chances taken (or not).Through the use of color, the watercolor-and-pencil illustrations vividly accentuate the contrast between the drabness of a risk-free life and the brilliant intensity of one fully lived.This is a book that will grow with readers: use it to inspire conversations of a philosophical nature as well as for practical problem-solving. (Picture book. 4-8) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
A chance, depicted as a gold, origami-like flying creation, flies by a child accompanied by a multigenerational family, but the child doesn't take it. In an inspired combination of words and images, the child imagines trying to catch the chance, and the fear and anxiety attached to falling or failing, and then being judged by others. When the chance passes by, the child expresses unhappiness and disappointment, wondering if ignoring a chance would mean fewer chances in the future. Luminescent pencil-and-watercolor illustrations make the abstract ideas more understandable. The child has to get some physical separation from the family in order to make an independent decision. Friendly animals help the child equip for a journey, gathering books and supplies. Following this period of contemplation and preparation, when the chance appears again, the child is ready. In making the decision to take the next step, to grab the chance, the child's excitement becomes larger than fear. So, what do you do with a chance? You take it . . . it just might be the start of something incredible. --Whitehurst, Lucinda Copyright 2017 Booklist
