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What to Do When It's Not Fair, Revised Edition

What to Do When It's Not Fair

A Kid's Guide to Handling Envy and Jealousy, Revised Edition
ISBN: 978-1-4338-4883-4
May 2026
96 pages
Ages 08 - 09
Size 8" X 10"
Item # 3848834

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Overview

What to Do When It's Not Fair is an updated edition of the best-selling workbook that guides kids and their parents through the difficult emotions of envy and jealousy using strategies and techniques based on cognitive-behavioral principles. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to cope with envy, so they can sail the high seas with ease!

Included is a note to parents and adult caregivers written by the authors with additional psychological information and coping strategies for helping children deal with envy and jealous and other stressful situations.

 

Contributor bios

Claire A. B. Freeland, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, working for more than thirty-five years with youth and their families. Interested in bringing the general principles of cognitive–behavioral therapy to families everywhere. Dr. Freeland lives near Baltimore, Maryland.

Jacqueline B. Toner, PhD is a clinical psychologist, having earned her PhD from University of Virginia and served as Chief Facilitator for a medical resources project with Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Toner lives near Baltimore, Maryland.

David Thompson, illustrator of What to Do When It's Not Fair, is a third-generation artist living in Baltimore, Maryland

Reviews and awards

A valuable tool and workbook for empowering children to handle unfair moments with grace and perspective.
—School Library Journal

Table of contents

Note to Parents and Caregivers

  • Chapter 1: Yo Ho Ho!
  • Chapter 2: Put Down Your Spyglass
  • Chapter 3: Steer Your Ship
  • Chapter 4: Keep Your Ship Sailing
  • Chapter 5: Pull up That Anchor
  • Chapter 6: Lighten Your Load
  • Chapter 7: When Other People Envy You
  • Chapter 8: Keep Your Balance
  • Chapter 9: Take Care of Yourself
  • Chapter 10: You Can Do It!