Julia CookI Just Don't Like the Sound of NO: Story for kids ages 5-8 about Accepting NO for an Answer

Great book! Teaches kids to accept that they can’t have everything. A concept that comes in handy when taking your kids places.

I read this to my 6 year old to help reinforce his own personal awareness with topics that he struggles with or to help prevent a struggle due to his ADHD. Being aware of what we need to work on is the first step to making changes and hopefully by doing this we can prevent our children from future frustrations and disappointments within themselves. It is easier to mold them into respectful, responsible children at a younger age than it will be to break bad habits later on in life. With that said this book is one of many that we read as our "self help" kinda books. Every night I choose 1 book to add to the mix of his own book choices, depending on what I am trying to make him aware of and teach him coping skills in regards to things he struggled with that day or week. I hope this list is helpful. I know I always LOVE finding someone’s review that lists more great books on these kind of topics as I am always looking for more resources!This is a list of a few of my personal favorites age range about 4-8Helping kids about making good choices:• That Rule Doesn't Apply to Me! (Responsible Me!)• But It's Not My Fault! (Responsible Me!)• What Were You Thinking? Learning to Control Your Impulses (Executive Function)• My Mouth Is a Volcano! (talking over/interrupting people)• What If Everybody Did That? (environmental awareness)• LarryBoy and the Foolish Fig from Faraway (making good choices when friends aren’t)• The Berenstain Bears Show Some Respect (talking nice to others)• The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Chores• Squirmy Wormy: How I Learned to Help Myself (more autism focused)• God, I Need to Talk to You about…. Series (very short and to the point! from child’s point of view)Lying, Bad Manners, Whining, Laziness, Sharing, Stealing, My Bad Temper, Paying Attention, Hurting Others, Disrespect, Greed, vandalism, bad words, being a bad sport, video games, bullying, cheating, homework, healthy eating.Helping kids handle their anger:• Mad Isn't Bad: A Child's Book about Anger (Elf-Help Books for Kids)• I Just Don't Like the Sound of No! My Story About Accepting No for an Answer and Disagreeing the Right Way! (Best Me I Can Be) (WE LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!)• Angry Octopus: An Anger Management StoryHelping Kids keep themselves safe: In all reality we aren’t always around to keep our kids safe, but we can give them the tools they need to handle themselves if a situation arises.• A Little Book About Safety (teaches kids exactly what to do in case they get lost) (WE LOVE THIS BOOK!! Perfect for 3-5yr olds, special needs children, ALL CHILDREN)Please read these books before reading them to your child ensure they are age/maturity level appropriate. I chose just a few pages here or there when my son was 4 as a preventative measure.• An Exceptional Children's Guide to Touch: Teaching Social and Physical Boundaries to Kids (Good book to help discuss a difficult topic! I have passed this book around to many friends! Awareness is key to Prevention)• I Said No! A kid-to-kid guide to keeping your private parts private• My Body Belongs to MeHelping kids Learn about God and teaching good Morals to live by (VeggieTales)• Every Day with God: 365 Daily Devos for Boys• Growing Day by Day: 365 Daily Devos for BoysHelping Kids learn responsibility with money:• Junior's Adventures: the Boxed Set• The Berenstain Bears' Dollars and Sense• Financial Peace JuniorParent books: I have read over 30 books and these are the ones I liked• Raising Boys With ADHD: Secrets for Parenting Healthy, Happy Sons (LOVE this book, great resources. I have been using it for 3 years now. It is categorized by age and the challenges that come with that age)• Parenting Children with ADHD: 10 Lessons That Medicine Cannot Teach (APA Lifetools)• Smart Money Smart Kids: Raising the Next Generation to Win with Money• Driven to distraction• The strong willed child• Parenting isn’t for cowards (I just started reading but seem good so far)

Wow! We've only read it once and already my daughter's behavior has improved! I can easily see how this would be a great tool for teachers, but this has worked a miracle in our family.My daughter is only 3 but she is very headstrong and defiant. She tries to reason and backtalk and whine to get her way, and if that doesn't work she has a tantrum. Legendary tantrums. She just doesn't like the sound of no! I didn't believe for one second that this book would help us, and after reading it by myself before testing it out on her, I really thought it would be a failure because she is under the intended age group for this book.But I did read it. And I tried to use my voice to make Saying Yes to No sound fun and worthwhile. The book uses belonging to a special club the incentive. I didn't think that would work so well for us... So when reading, I went off the story a bit to tell my daughter that it was good manners not to argue with parents and would also please me and her dad very much. She is highly motivated by the idea of gaining our approval and this worked! The rhyme in the book which tells what to do was SO helpful!This afternoon she wanted a lollipop and my husband told her, 'No' and just as she was beginning to pitch a fit I said, "Remember RJ?" And that was all it took! She straightened up and said, "Okay." I told her, "Later, when you are calm, you can ask Daddy why you couldn't have a lollipop." And she just looked at me and goes, "Yeah. I will." I know she's already gotten it!We're going to keep reading it and hopefully at some point she will remember on her own. She is too little to expect her to be perfectly behaved all the time but her tantrums were getting out of control. Knowing I have something I can use to help remind her is a priceless tool!

As a counselor, I enjoy using this book to teach children how to tolerate hearing the word no. I like how it also incorporates the Boystown skills.

It’s a great story for kiddos but there are letters in words missing throughout the story. They should re-edit this book.

I have 2 children - both four years old (boy and girl). One child has already been diagnosed with ADHD and the second child is a very strong willed, independent personality. After much frustration with the interactions I was having with my children and wanting to find a better way to help them and our family as a whole, I sought advice from a child behavior interventionist. She recommended this book, as well as several of the other of the "RJ series" books from Julia Cook. While they are a bit on the pricier side, I did purchase several. My kiddos ask to read them almost daily. Reading them when they are calm, along with discussion about scenarios where they need to learn to accept no has made a significant difference in their behavior. When one of the kiddos is having some sort of a meltdown over the word "no", it's not uncommon to hear someone ask, "Are you being RJ?" It's been known to snap them out of the inappropriate behavior response more than once.I occasionally sub in the 2 to 4 year old range at my children's' preschool. I've been known to bring in this book to read it to the class. It does seem to spur them along in the discussion of learning to accept the word "no" and even catch the children reminding their classmates to accept the word no. Thankful for resources like this that can help our children learn important social/life skills that are missing in this technology driven - instant gratification society we live in.

Great book and our 7 year old stays with the story and asks us to read it over and over again. I wasn’t sure what to expect with it being about behavior vs a story but he loves it