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# You Get What You Get And You Don't Get Upset

Heath McKenzie · author

Ages 3–5EnglishHardcoverValues & CharacterPicture Books

Not the favourite pencil. Not the comfiest cushion. Not your cup. Some days just go like that. A funny, kind story about handling disappointment and letting the small stuff go.

- A funny, kind story about handling disappointment
- Everyday kindergarten letdowns children recognise
- Warm, expressive illustrations by Heath McKenzie
- Gives children a simple tool for letting small things go
- Builds flexibility and emotional resilience
- Part of the much-loved Life Lessons picture-book series

Why It Matters

You Get What You Get And You Don't Get Upset follows Molly through the small disappointments that fill a kindergarten day: the wrong coloured pencil, someone else's better cushion, missing out on your favourite cup. It lands, with humour, on a phrase many children will hear for years: that's just life.

Heath McKenzie's funny illustrations make the lesson easy and warm, helping little ones learn to cope with not always getting their way.

## About this book

The disappointments of early childhood are small to adults but enormous to the child living them, and this book takes them seriously while keeping things light. Molly's day is a run of minor letdowns that any preschooler will instantly recognise.

With Heath McKenzie's expressive, funny artwork and a gentle rhyming voice, the story models how to shrug off the small stuff and move on, without ever dismissing how real those feelings are. The refrain gives children a simple, memorable tool for the next time things do not go their way.

It is a genuinely useful read for building flexibility and emotional resilience in the early years, and funny enough that children ask for it again. A kind, practical companion for everyday ups and downs.

## Book Details

Age

Ages 3–5

Language

English

Format

Hardcover

ISBN

9780655215196

Binding

hardcover

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