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List Price: $16.99 | | Publisher: Joanna Cotler
Salesrank: 2593
Released: September 7, 2004 |
| Our Price: $5.99 |
| Used Price: $2.16 |
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| Media: Hardcover |
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Editorial Review:
It's hard to be five.
Just yelled at my brother.
My mind says do one thing.
My mouth says another.
It's fun to be five!
Big changes are here!
My body's my car,
and I'm licensed to steer.
Learning not to hit? Having to wait your turn? Sitting still? It's definitely hard to be five. But Jamie Lee Curtis's encouraging text and Laura Cornell's playful illustrations make the struggles of self-control a little bit easier and a lot more fun!
This is the sixth inspired book from the #1 New York Times best-selling team of Today I Feel Silly: & Other Moods That Make My Day and I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self Esteem.
It's Hard to Be Five: Learning How to Work My Control Panel Reviews:
A book that helped my 5-year old! 
2008-09-13 - This book was perfect for my 5-year-old son. Why? When I read it to him, you could almost see him nodding. That's how he felt! It helped him to put words to his emotions of starting full-time kindergarten to having a younger sibling. Made him feel normal and hopeful that things he was having trouble with, friends, temper, school... would get better, and because being 5 is great! The illustrations are awesome, because while you read the book or after, you and your child can look for the small details within the illustrations to discuss. Overall, this is the book that I would buy again and again for a 5-year old!
BUY THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW!
2008-06-13 - As a four and five year old preschool teacher, I was amazed at this book's exact representation of what a five-year-old is feeling! It pegged them perfectly! The important thing is that this book helps the child see that ALL five year olds feel similar to how they are feeling, and experience the same struggles. Yet, it teaches this in such a FUN way! The pictures are great...I would especially suggest this book for one-on-one reading, because of the detail on the pages, but it worked very well for my circle time as well. If you care about your child's emotional and social development (which I know you do), BUY THIS BOOK!
We love J.L. Curtis books
2008-04-06 - We have most of Jamie L. Curtis books. The illustrations are wonderful and the stories are great. I had my daughters full attention when I read her this book. The kid perspective that Jamie takes is great. Kids can definately identify and reminds parents that it's not all that easy to be a kid.
Great self-esteem book for kids!
2008-02-10 - Another wonderful contribution from Curtis. We read this book to our daughter until she could read it to herself changing the age to fit her age, from three until five when she read it herself. This book "normalizes" the behavior of children. It helps them and parents to understand our children have difficulty controlling their impulses but are nonetheless wonderful and loveable. I read this book to my daughter's class in Kindergarten and it was a huge hit as well.
Another goodie from Jamie Lee
2008-01-10 - Jamie Lee's books keep getting better and better. My sister bought this book for my daughter when she was 5 and it was an always read. Jamie Lee's writing style is wonderful and right on the mark for the age-appropriate kids. The kids can definitely relate to these stories. The illustration is great too. Very colorful and eye catching. Lots going on with the illustration so there is lots to talk about besides the actual story. Jamie Lee, keep writing and I will keep buying and passing on the good words to friends and family!
