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  • Age Range: 4 - 8 years
  • Grade Level: Preschool - 3
  • Lexile Measure: AD160L (What's this?)
  • Hardcover: 40 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins (May 6, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0061152579
  • ISBN-13: 978-0061152573
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.2 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsGREAT BOOK!
By Lovetoteach1st on February 24, 2010
Format: Hardcover
I've seen negative reviews for this book so I just had to write a positive one! As a 1st grade teacher, I LOVE this book and all of my students do too (we read it for the second time today). My class laughs throughout the whole story. It is a silly way of showing kids that life just isn't fair sometimes. I hear "It's not fair!" all the time in my class and this book just lets kids know that everyone feels that way. Great book! Can't wait to read more by this author!
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5.0 out of 5 starsNot Just For Kids
By Gary T. Doyle on June 7, 2008
Format: Hardcover
One morning recently I was reading the newspaper when I heard my wife and 10-year-old son laughing. I thought they were reading a story from the paper together. Instead they were paging through 'It's Not Fair', flipping back and forth through the pages. So while it may be a book for younger children, I can attest to the fact that anyone of any age can enjoy it. Great message, fun book, from the prolific and always entertaining Tom Lichtenheld, and the equally talented Amy Krouse Rosenthal.
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5.0 out of 5 starsHilarious!
By cbardoe on March 8, 2010
Format: Hardcover
This book sends my 7-year-old and 3-year-old into giggle fits. Every kid has to deal with this feeling at some point. Some unfairnesses could be made right (like the unevenly split cookie at the beginning of the book) and some are just how life is (like the pig wishing it had wings). This book shows, rather than tells, how silly the "It's not fair" lament can get. It also shows that everyone gets a turn at being on the winning and losing end of "it's not fair."
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5.0 out of 5 starsboy, can my kids relate
By Bibliophilic on October 14, 2010
Format: Hardcover
My kids love this book...it's hilarious, imaginatively illustrated in a way that supports the text, and has a good message. The best thing about this fantastic book is that the message is offered with both humor and empathy. Of course, kids feel like things are unfair. That's normal. They need gentle guidance to see the whole picture and this book helps do just that.

People often are jealous of silly things (like the alien in the book who whines, "Why does she get all the eyes?"). There's a Yiddish expression that if you want someone else's lot, you have to take the whole package. If you had your friend's big house and dream vacation, you'd also have to live with her divorced parents and nasty big brother. You can always find an excuse to long for another's lot in life, but they are doing the very same thing to you. You might want your friend's toy, but he wants a bedroom he doesn't have to share like you have.

Even adults need to learn this "grass is always greener" lesson.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn unexpected tale
By mijadedinah on June 13, 2012
Format: Hardcover
I expected a clearly stated moral at the end... Something to make it all okay.

But life is unfair and there won't always be something to come along and make it all okay.

Unlike others, I don't find the book funny - I find it to be very, very true, though.

My daughter has every reason to say "not fair." She's a congenital double amputee and there's nothing that will ever make that okay, make it fair, make her like everyone else. That's how I see this book. It's a cute way of saying, "You know what, kids? You're right. Things aren't fair. And yet life goes on. The end."
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4.0 out of 5 starsThe Giggle Getter!
By KelseaHopkins on January 30, 2011
Format: Hardcover
Every day we deal with fairness and unfairness, how those situations span out is determined on our attitude. Regardless of the matter, our attitudes are seen by many around us, including children. They mock and want to follow certain attitudes that they see from people around them. Right and wrong mentalities are picked up from the young minds and their mind sets change within the situation and may become either negative or positive.
Fairness is often determined on what we have compared to what someone else has. In this book, It's Not Fair, fairness is shown through problems that could be solved and things that happen in life that are unsolvable. The cookie being split is an easy fix but the pigs having wings is physically incapable. It is based on small children so it appeals to younger ages. It also shows that everyone in the book gets something fair and unfair, not everyone gets one or the other.
As a sister and future teacher, I bought this book because of the title. Now that I know the content of the book, I'm please with my purchase and would not trade or give ti away. I will definitely keep this book around my classroom and family for a long time considering the theme and message behind it.
Every night my little brother loves to read and for the past week and a half he has chose to read It's Not Fair. He gets a giggle and a, "Yeah, that's not fair at all," every couple pages! This book is really a relating type of book for kids. Parents, teachers, and siblings would enjoy a read like this. Something you can talk about, mention, or refer to with a child. Also, another plus that the book has is the rhyming scheme. It puts that extra mile on the work of the book and the interest in children.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsGentle, Charming, and Clever
By Books for Children on October 2, 2012
Format: Hardcover
An adorable book with simple and gentle wording and charming illustrations about "unfair" situations that any child can easily understand. And a very clever ending too!

As recommended on my children's book recommendation site Books for Children ([...]
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4.0 out of 5 starsNot her best, but still funny and charming
By R. Rooney on October 26, 2010
Format: Hardcover
First, I agree with reviewers who say that this is not Amy Krouse Rosenthal's best. However, it is still a cute book. We got it from the library, and my four-year-old son wanted it read to him several times a day for the first week and at least once a day every day thereafter for the last couple weeks. My eight-year-old son often reads on his own when we're reading picture books, but will come and listen to this one more often than not. Previously, "It's not fair!" was one of my little one's favorite sayings. I don't seem to hear it as often lately. Maybe the book helped?
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1.0 out of 5 starsNo resolution. Story shows many life examples of how ...

No resolution. Story shows many life examples of how "it's not fair" but doesn't give any lesson or conclusion. Read more

Published 4 months ago by Jacob Sedgwick
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent lesson for children (and all of us)!

I love this book! (And...I love this author!) I cannot believe that a few people called this book a whine fest with no plot or ending...they are completely missing the point! Read more

Published 4 months ago by Julie K.
1.0 out of 5 starsOne Star

Terrible book. Message is inappropriate for young kids. Can't believe this book got good reviews.

Published 5 months ago by B.T.
4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

I look forward to reading this book to my kindergarten class in the fall.

Published 9 months ago by CJ
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Book!!

My pre-school daughter loved this book. She even reads it to herself and her younger sisters!! Recommend to any parent with younger kids!!!

Published 12 months ago by Kaiti
1.0 out of 5 starsNo resolution...

I was shocked as I read this book- the whole story is page after page of whining kids. I kept waiting for something to change... Read more

Published 19 months ago by runner
5.0 out of 5 starsAnother Amy

We love Amy's books are our home. This one is such a favorite to read during or after a trying day with siblings.

Published on March 31, 2014 by Mary P. Edwards
3.0 out of 5 starsOne of the lesser liked ones from this author...kids like it but it...

The book is funny, but doesn't end up going anywhere positive. It gives a cute look at all sorts of animals and people, and how they feel that life is unfair, but I think it should... Read more

Published on November 20, 2013 by Ireland Mom
5.0 out of 5 starsSpoke to my 4 year old

This was my 4 year old's must-read for several months, and he eventually memorized it. "Hey it was my turn to stir" is also an actual quote from my son. Read more

Published on September 24, 2013 by Mathy Mommy
5.0 out of 5 starsSo Cute!

This has to be one of the best children's books ever. It teaches children a very important lesson: Life isn't fair, so just embrace it. Read more

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