In this clever and literal play on words, OK is turned on its side, upside down, and right side up to show that being OK can really be quite great. Whether OK personifies an OK skipper, an OK climber, an OK lightning bug catcher, or an OK whatever there is to experience, ok is an OK place to be. And being OK just may lead to the discovery of what makes one great.

With spare yet comforting illustrations and text, Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld celebrate the real skills and talents children possess, encouraging and empowering them to discover their own individual strengths and personalities.

All ages

"'Go ahead and enjoy doing things even if you're just OK at them, this friendly concept book advises. Lichtenheld (What Are You So Grumpy About?) sets aside the color spreads of his previous titles for simple line drawings based on a visual pun. The book's hero is a little stick figure whose head is the 'O' of 'OK,' and whose arms and legs are the 'K.' (Imagine the word 'OK' tipped up on its side.) The scenery is similarly minimal: a black horizon line, a squiggly tree, some grass. 'I like to try a lot of different things,' the OK figure says. 'I'm not great at all of them, but I enjoy them all the same.' On each succeeding page, the stick figure turns in a series of OK performances, roasting a marshmallow, cutting a sandwich not really in half ('I'm an OK sharer'), and looking at the result of his fishing — a tangle of seaweed and a boot. 'One day, I'll grow up to be really excellent at something,' OK says, while lying in bed. 'I don't know what it is yet... but I sure am having fun figuring it out.' In this age of skateboarding championships and spelling bee movies, it can't hurt to remind kids that the pleasure we take in simple activities is what makes life worthwhile. All ages. (May)' Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

The world is just full of things to do.

And it's fun to give them all a go.

But what if you're not good at everything you try?

What if you're just OK?

What then?In this clever and literal play on words, OK is turned on its side, upside down, and right side up to show that being OK can really be quite great.

In this clever and literal play on words, OK is turned on its side, upside down, and right side up to show that being OK can really be quite great, encouraging children to discover their own individual strengths and personalities. Full color.

The world is just full of things to do.

And it's fun to give them all a go.

But what if you're not good at everything you try?

What if you're just OK?

What then?

Amy Krouse Rosenthal is the author of the children's books Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons, illustrated by Jane Dyer; One Of Those Days, illustrated by Rebecca Doughty; Little Pea, illustrated by Jen Corace; and The OK Book, her first collaboration with Tom Lichtenheld. She is also the author of the memoir Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and contributes to several magazines as well as NPR. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.