Baditude! What to Do When Life Stinks! (Responsible Me!)

Well written and fun for kids. As a School Counselor, I tape lessons on character education. The character trait of the month was gratitude when I used this lesson. Had lots of fun with it.

I love the many lessons in this book! I have read it to my 3rd Graders, and we use a lot of the language in the book within our grade level now. Only thing is that when trying to figure out what the word "gratitude" means, one of my very perceptive kids said, "Well, if a baditude is a bad attitude, then gratitude must be a great attitude"! Of course I loved the reading skills and context clues that he used and praised him like crazy, but that's not really the definition. I think it would be good if the author actually defined "gratitude", but it's certainly not deal-breaker (and, of course, is the job of the teacher). Regardless, this is an awesome book with tons of great lessons - for kids AND adults!

Not bad, but a little bit disappointing. Spoiler alert--the book starts out with the kid having a bad attitude--as in "this stinks", "that stinks", "everything stinks!". By the end the kid is learning to have a better attitude and realizing that life doesn't have to stink and changing "I have to" to "I get to". But on the very last page, the kid complains again, saying "AND I have to sit next to a girl! And that really really really really really STINKS!!!" I don't think a book that is supposed to be teaching kids how to better adjust their attitude should end with another loud complaint. I especially don't think it is appropriate to have the complaint be about "having to" sit next to a girl, when half the book was meant to teach the kid that he "gets to" do things. I think this complaint makes the character less relatable to female readers, too--as it is definitely NOT only boys that sometimes have "baditudes'.

I purchased this book, selected by my granddaughter who is a 5th grade teacher. She uses it as a read aloud book and also keeps it in her classroom library. The kids can identify with this message and smile as it is read

I only gave it a 4 and not a 5 because it ends with "Girls Stink" and looks like he didn't learn a lesson. I understand why the author did this to end with a little humor, but the entire book is how to turn "baditude into gratitude" so don't believe it should end that way. Other than that, the book is fabulous.

This book relates to so many things my kids have bad attitudes about! I love the unibrow part and use it with my kids to quickly tell them to change their attitude!

This book is great. I even bought a copy of it for my son's second grade teacher after reading it to the class. It helps clearly articulate the concept of having a bad attitude and provides options for helping turn it around. I find myself saying to my children, "Let's turn that baditude into gratitude"! It works! Honestly, all of the Julia Cook books are great and have been helpful with my children because the stories are relatable but interesting.

My kiddo is autistic and these books are written and illustrated so well. They follow similar to our social stories we use. And the author address so many issues kiddos these days face, including mine. Highly recommend her books, we have many of them! Opened my kiddo's eye and then she "wanted to talk" about what was going on with her.

Great book! Worked well with a social lesson.

caught my daughter's attention and made her think about key subject area. She is 8. In fact has got both twins talking about the subject between themselves... good !

Great

loved the book