Just What to Do
  • Published: 13 August 2024
  • ISBN: 9780593462942
  • Imprint: Dial
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $35.00

Just What to Do

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16 Jul 2024
Hardback
13 Aug 2024
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A tender picture book about grief and the many ways to offer comfort in sad times, from Newbery Honor-winner Kyle Lukoff.

A tender picture book about grief and the many ways to offer comfort in sad times, from Newbery Honor-winner Kyle Lukoff.

When you see someone sad, it's only natural to want to cheer them up. But how? Some people like hugs but others don't. Sometimes a  joke is more comforting than a card. How can you do the just-right-thing if you don't know what it is? 

With its spare, poignant text and unexpectedly levitous illustrations, Just What to Do offers an important lesson about how to offer comfort to loved ones by setting aside your assumptions and following their lead.
  • Published: 13 August 2024
  • ISBN: 9780593462942
  • Imprint: Dial
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $35.00
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Praise for Just What to Do


SLJ Best Books of the Year
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best
ALSC 2025 Children's Notable List Book


Praise for Just What to Do:
*"Handling death and grief in a gentle and tender manner, Lukoff’s newest picture book explores the innate need many of us have to fix the problems of the ones we love the most...[This is] a beautiful story that should be sitting on the shelves of school counselors and child therapists everywhere." – School Library Journal, starred review
“Both Newbery Honoree Lukoff’s text and Tahboub’s illustrations convey a stillness that will make this often-difficult topic comprehensible to a young audience…This book is the perfect complement to Cori Doerrfeld’s The Rabbit Listened.” – Kirkus

Praise for When Aidan Became a Brother:
SONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER
CHARLOTTE HUCK HONOR BOOK
* “This picture book sets a new standard of excellence in transgender representation”—Kirkus, starred review
* “A much-needed and appealing addition to the ­picture book canon; both emotionally and visually satisfying.”—School Library Journal, starred review

Praise for Too Bright to See:
SIX STARRED REVIEWS 
NEWBERY HONOR BOOK
STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER
NATIONAL BOOK AWAR FINALIST
Boston Globe Best Book of 2021
TIME Best Children’s Book of 2021
Washington Post Best Children's Book of 2021
New York Public Library Best Book for Kids of 2021
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book for 2021 
NPR Best Book of 2021 
PW Best Book of 2021
Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2021
Kirkus Best Book of 2021 
School Library Journal Best Book of 2021

Praise for Different Kinds of Fruit:
FIVE STARRED REVIEWS
LAMDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST
NPR Best Books of 2022
Bookpage Best Middle Grade Books of 2022
Kirkus Best Books of 2022
Booklist Editors' Choice 2022 
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