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

Bought this book on a whim to see if it could help my kids better understand attitude in their terms. It does just that, through various situations that would happen in a kid's DITL. Great book.

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!

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.

Julia Cook's books are great! My students enjoy listening to them and they are helpful in sparking conversation about difficult topics. I would say they are probably most effective for kids under the age of 10. Although I use them with some of my older students as conversation starters they do tend to find them a bit babyish. I would definitely recommend.

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.

Julia Cook does a great job guiding to kids to better understand a bad attitude and how to change it. I appreciate the parent and teacher tips at the back.

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

Excellent for elementary ages

Great book! Worked well with a social lesson.

Great

loved the book

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 !