A review by jessalynn_librarian
When Sophie Thinks She Can't...: . . . Really, Really Smart by Molly Bang

4.0

September 2018 - a great story for elementary school kids, it's got some math incorporated naturally into the story and it really affirms the messages of 'learning takes effort' and 'yet' - as in, you don't know how to do it yet, but you can learn. Ben recognized the shape game from kindergarten ("we have those in my class! The square is blue, the rectangle is green..." etc.) and he's definitely been getting the 'yet' message there, too, because that resonated with him. Which makes it all sound like a big lesson, but it also makes a good read-aloud story.