Think of It Like This! is a heartfelt and engaging story that follows three children as they face everyday challenges that feel anything but small.
Age Range: 4-12 years old
Publication Date: January 15, 2016
Page Count: 44 pages
Think of it Like This
Paperback
$15.95
Description
Molly loves her favorite dress. It makes her feel beautiful, confident, and free. But when one joyful twirl ends in a painful fall, her dress is torn beyond repair and tossed in the trash. Heartbroken, Molly thinks the magic is gone until her mom helps her see things in a whole new way.
Billy has one thing on his mind: chocolate. But when he rides his bike all the way to the store only to find it closed, frustration takes over. In that moment, Billy learns how to pause, breathe, and think before his disappointment turns into something bigger.
Carrie is used to getting her way. When she doesnāt, the tears and tantrums begin. But when her behavior starts pushing her friends away, Carrie knows something has to change.
Through these journeys, young readers learn to recognize their own emotions, understand their triggers, and respond in healthier, more thoughtful ways.
With gentle guidance and relatable moments, this inspiring book helps children build emotional awareness, resilience, and problem-solving skills. Sometimes, all it takes is learning to see hard situations a little differently.
Author Deedee Cummings
Deedee Cummings is a professional dreamer. She is also an author, therapist, attorney, and mom from Louisville, Kentucky. Cummings founded Make A Way Media in 2014 after struggling to find books with characters who looked like her own children and an extreme lack of stories that reflected their life experiences. Books published by Make A Way focus on hope, diversity, social justice, and therapeutic skills for children and adults. Her work has been featured in HuffPost, Forbes, NPR, USA Today, Essence Magazine, Psych Central, well+Good, and The EveryGirl, among other media outlets. In 2021, she was appointed to the Kentucky Early Childhood Advisory Council by Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, and reappointed to a second term in 2025, acknowledging her decades-long service to the children and families of Kentucky. Cummings is also the founder of The Louisville Book Festival. She was inspired to work to highlight and celebrate a culture of reading in her community after working as an in-home therapist and visiting homes of children who had no books. Cummings believes literacy is a fundamental human right. Her work highlights inspiring messages that remind us all it is never too late to begin again.
Reviews:
This is the second book I’ve read by this author and so far, she presents important ideas and examples for kids and their parents or caregivers to start conversations about life issues. In this book, the author deals with anger and disappointment and presents positive examples of how to deal with your strong emotions. Everyone gets angry. Everyone has bad days. Everyone makes mistakes. But it’s how you choose to react to your problems that makes all the difference in your happiness and others’ happiness.
-DanielleĀ
This is a great book that teaches children how to handle the little disappointments that life may throw their way. Things don’t always go as planned and this teaches kids how to appropriately handle those moments. I recommend this to anyone with young children.
-Stacey CarterĀ
This is an amazing book with a beautiful message. I am a school teacher and very much enjoyed reading this to my class. They loved it too. Itās a great message and it tunes which is always a plus for reading books to kids. I highly recommend it!
-Ashley PriceĀ
