It's Not Fair!

This book sends my 7-year-old and 3-year-old into giggle fits. Every kid has to deal with this feeling at some point. Some unfairnesses could be made right (like the unevenly split cookie at the beginning of the book) and some are just how life is (like the pig wishing it had wings). This book shows, rather than tells, how silly the "It's not fair" lament can get. It also shows that everyone gets a turn at being on the winning and losing end of "it's not fair."

I've seen negative reviews for this book so I just had to write a positive one! As a 1st grade teacher, I LOVE this book and all of my students do too (we read it for the second time today). My class laughs throughout the whole story. It is a silly way of showing kids that life just isn't fair sometimes. I hear "It's not fair!" all the time in my class and this book just lets kids know that everyone feels that way. Great book! Can't wait to read more by this author!

One morning recently I was reading the newspaper when I heard my wife and 10-year-old son laughing. I thought they were reading a story from the paper together. Instead they were paging through 'It's Not Fair', flipping back and forth through the pages. So while it may be a book for younger children, I can attest to the fact that anyone of any age can enjoy it. Great message, fun book, from the prolific and always entertaining Tom Lichtenheld, and the equally talented Amy Krouse Rosenthal.