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How To Negotiate Everything: With Audio Recording (2013)

by Lisa Lutz(Favorite Author)

3.45 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1442451203 (ISBN13: 9781442451209)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

review 1: First of all, I love the illustrations, it's childlike and has almost a Chibi style. I also love the concept of the book, but it's a bit lacking in execution, the book is effectively teaching young children to manipulate their parents. Early on, the child says "I will not eat any vegetables at all unless you promise that you will take me to get ice cream" and the mother agrees. I'm not a parent quite yet, but even I know that this is setting a dangerous precedent. It's unlikely to work but if it does, that kid is going to make that same demand night after night and in the words of the great Sweet Brown "ain't nobody got time for that". The rest of the book is actually pretty good, it talks about overreaching and how some larger demands will not work no matter how much i... mores offered. It also encourages children to work for what they want so they can have it someday (like becoming the President just to get an elephant...that poor country...). Overall, books like these are needed, I really want to teach my own children to learn how to effectively negotiate, but not enough is accomplished in this 32 page picturebook and it may end up doing more harm than good.
review 2: I like this book but I'm having trouble seeing it as a children's book. I don't have any children to read this, so I'd like to know what children think of it. On the one hand it seems to me, children would like the idea of a child wanting an elephant. They might also like the idea of getting dessert even if they don't eat their broccoli. On the other hand I don't think the concept of negotiating for something really fits within the 32 pages of this book. Add to that the additional idea of setting a goal and working for it and this goes from being a book for children to being a book for adults.The 'picture' part of “How to Negotiate Everything” is great. I especially like the turtle being walked on a leash. I think children will love the illustrations. This book is cute, sometimes it's funny. However, even the illustrations lead me to the conclusion that this is really a book for adults. The child is dressed as a business person; there is a bag of golf clubs in his room and a coat rack with umbrellas in it.For me, "How to Negotiate Everything" rather than being a picture book for children, is actually another book in Lisa Lutz's "Spellman Files" series. The co-author of the book is David Spellman, who is actually a character in the books. If you haven't read any of the "Spellman" books, your missing some very funny books.In the end I think this would make a great graduation gift, along the lines of “Oh, the Places You'll Go!" by Dr. Seuss. The graduate should have an awareness of and the ability to negotiate in order to do well. Most employees don't really know how to negotiate. When asking for a raise or promotion or even when applying for a job, they may know how and when to ask, but they should know how to strengthen their case through negotiation. Beyond that this book concludes offers a lesson in goal setting. The graduate should be prepared to set goals, plan, work hard, keep your eye on your goal, and be patient. less

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