Age: 2-5 years
Genre: picture book
This book
came across my desk at the library on a day my two-year-old son was having a
particularly hard time doing anything. He didn’t want to eat, or get dressed,
or ride in the car… every parent has been there. My No, No, No Day! tells the story of Bella, a young girl who is
having a bad day. She doesn’t want to eat the egg her mom made her for
breakfast, doesn’t like her shoes and kicks them off, doesn’t want to ride in
the grocery cart at the store, and on and on. All the while her patient mother
and baby brother try to go on with their day without Bella’s bad temper
catching up to them. At bedtime, however, Bella decides to let her mother read
her a story, even though Bella doesn’t really want a story. The story calms Bella down and she tells her
mom, “Today was a very bad day, Mommy. Sorry.” Of course Mommy understands that
some days are just like that, and the next day, Bella has a much better time.
I like that
this story acknowledges Bella’s feelings and doesn’t just make her out to be
“bad.” The incidents the author creates seem very believable, and the reader
feels for Bella (and her family) as she tries to make it through a day when
nothing seems to go her way. I’m not sure I believe that in the end Bella would
apologize to her mom, but I would like to hope that actually happens sometimes.
Parents and children alike should relate to My
No, No, No Day! and reading it could open up a good conversation when a
child is feeling grumpy.
Bibliographic
Information:
Patterson,
Rebecca. My No, No, No Day! New York,
NY: Penguin Group, 2012.
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