The All Better Book

By Suzy Becker

Suzy Becker, the author and illustrator of the runaway bestseller "All I Need to Know I Learned from My Cat "and "My Dog's the World's Best Dog," teams up with elementary school children to write a little book of a different sort-how to make the world all better. Illustrated in full-color with Suzy Becker's distinctive joyous, whimsical style, the book captures the essence of the children's ideas. On how bosses could make the workplace more pleasant, Yesenia, 9, says "Give a break for five hours." On the issue of what to do with lawbreakers, a 7-year-old named Lily says: "Make them do gymnastics for a month." When asked how to repair the hole in the ozone layer, Sara, age 8, says: "Get some dirt and seeds and plant flowers over the hole to make it look pretty for the aliens." All better. Selection of the Literary Guild. Over 130,000 copies in print.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563053144
• ISBN13: 9781563053146
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Solving the World's Problems

"The All Better Book" takes about 10 minutes to read, but provokes thought for years thereafter. The book asks school age children how they would solve some of the world's most pressing problems. The answers and insights are humorous. The simple way children view adult problems reminds us that sometimes the most basic answer is also the best one.