Kids Book Review: Books that Drive Kids Crazy by Beck and Matt Stanton

Today, I just have to give a shoutout to this series by Beck and Matt Stanton. It’s called Books that Drive Kids Crazy, and boy do they. I know I mentioned one of them in a recent book post (here) but they really deserve their own blogpost. Any book that makes the entire family dissolve into a pile of giggles is a keeper, you guys. There are two books in the series, called “This Is A Ball”, and “Who took the B from My _ook?”. AND there’s another coming out next year! We’ve just read them from the library so far. However, these will make their way under our Christmas tree for sure this year. For a few of the reasons why these books need to go into your Amazon cart pronto, keep reading 🙂

1. They’re educational. Seriously. Here’s why.

These books are fantastic introductions to logic and scientific reasoning. They encourages kids (and adults) to think systematically and identify problems. You can get the gist of this just by looking at the covers. If your kids are anything like mine, the instant you read the title “This is a ball”, and point to the very orange square on the cover, they will erupt in laughter and protests.
Through this, they begin to discern that a couple of similar elements does not a true correlation make. It’s really a beautiful thing, and very elegantly done.

2. Books that Drive Kids Crazy create a healthy opportunity for your kids to disagree with you and actually be right.

Let’s just admit it–kid’s aren’t always right. In fact, they are very frequently wrong and we must teach them the proper ways to interact with the world. But when they have an opportunity to be right–even if it’s in the context of a silly book–and when they can prove their case, it’s a beautiful thing.

3. They make everybody laugh!

The kids laughed. I laughed. When my Superman came home from work, they begged him to read it, and we ALL laughed. Books have the power to unite, and when half the books your kids “love” make you cringe after reading them once, it’s such a joy to find a book that everybody loves. Books That Drive Kids Crazy are uniquely entertaining with an inquisitive twist.

Anyways, I truly hope you can find your way to a copy of these somewhere. Let me know if you love them as much as we did!

Our rating: 5 out of 5 stars

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