The OK Book

This is a great book to discuss self-esteem and that is it "okay" to not be perfect at everything. This book follows a stick figure in the shape of the letters of the word "OK" through various activities that the main character is just "okay" at performing such as tightrope walking, playing

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baseball, diving, hiding, swinging, and sharing. It is a heart warming book that will bring a smile to your face.

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It's Ok to be OK at things! I loved the message of this book, in a world where sometimes it feels like you can't ever admit to being OK. My self-esteem felt better after reading it. OK leaves room for improvement.

This is a really nice picture book. The theme of the book is very creative. It's an easy picture book. :)

I love how Amy Rosenthal uses her imagination to create such literature. The "OK" book is wonderful. It lets the reader know it’s ok to just be ok at something. Being average is ok. It also shows that being the best at something take a lot of practice, and this is a great lesson to teach children.

Book that says its good to be just "ok" at a lot of things. good lesson of self acceptance

Through this book, the main character (a little boy) explains everything he is okay at. Some of the things are, an OK right fielder and an OK climber. He is OK at a lot of things, but he hopes one day he can be excellent at something. This book shows that you can be OK at a lot of things but the

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feeling you get from being excellent at something is worth it.

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We won't always be the best at each thing we do, but we grow by trying new things as well grow.

A simple book for explaining that it is great to try a lot of stuff, even if it takes a long time to find something that you are great at.

The Ok Book is a great little story of encouragement. The theme of the book states that we don't have to be perfect at everything we do. It is ok to be ok at things. Some children get upset about not being able to things like their friends and this book is an encouragement to be ok with that.

I thought this book was very cute and clever. When I first picked it up I didn't think the book was going to be about being OK. I loved how the boy in the book was shaped as the word OK, and it was about all of these activities that he was just "ok" at. But knew that one day he would find something

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that he would be great at! I loved the meaning behind it because it teaches children that you don't need to be great at everything- it's ok to be ok. The illustrations were simple but creative, they were mostly just the boy doing activities such as juggling, climbing, and skipping. I also liked how at the end of the book it says "The End. Or is it just the beginning?" That was clever, because it's true. Overall, I really enjoyed this book- it would be good for all ages.

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This book was a picture book for students k-2. This was one of Rosenthal's best, yet. It was about a stick figure who was ok at a lot of the things he tried. He was ok at juggling, skipping, climbing, etc. The book said "I like to try a lot of different things. I'm not great at all if them, but I

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enjoy them just the same. ". I enjoyed this book and gave it five stars because it had a good main message. The main message was that it is ok to be just ok at some things. " One day, I'll grow up and be really excellent at something. I don't know what it is yet... But I sure am having fun at figuring it out." was the ending of the book. I enjoyed that this book allows kids to see you can't be great at everything, it is having fun that matters.

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The authors, Rosenthal and Lichtenheld wanted the readers to know that give everything a try until you find something you are good at. They letting the readers know that don't give up even though you just ok at it. There is something out there you might enjoy or good at it.

This book provides lots of examples for different things that the main character does "OK." I feel like this is great exposure to things that people may not have tried before. For instance, if a child had never gone fishing before, they could see the character fishing and be exposed to that new

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experience. This is why I like this book, it is packed with these experiences for kids to try. Also, it assures them that we don't all need to be good at everything, we can be Okay at things and that is just fine. I like how simplistic the drawings are in this book. There is less of a focus on who is doing the actions, but rather what actions are being done. The big picture of this book is to be able to go out and try new things without fear of just being ok.

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The OK Book is about a child who hasn't found what they are really great at yet. The first part of the book is about different things that the child is okay at. "I'm not great at all of them, but I enjoy them just the same," the child says. They're okay at skipping and walking a tightrope and

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diving. They know that they'll grow up to be "really excellent at something," but they don't have to figure it out right now.
The great part about this book is that the main character is never identified by gender, ability, ethnicity, or age. This could be any child who needs encouragement to try new things because they are afraid of failing. Everyone could identify with this book because the child is shown in the illustrations as a stick figure made out of the letters "ok." A great, easy read about trying new things and enjoying the experience.

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