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This was perfect for my 6 year old 1st grader. I believe the story is really geared at 3rd graders but my son related to it perfectly!!! We both laughed a few times at the similarities between him and the main character of this story. I have purchased a few of these books now and even sent them into school for the teacher to share with the class. It is important for us parents to teach our children social skills and responsibility especially when they struggle with not understanding what they did wrong in the first place. Teaching personal awareness is key to raising responsible young adults. Our family theme is "ADHD symptoms explain our behavior, BUT they do not EXCUSE it...."

As a Speech Language Pathologist who is frequently holding social skills groups, I am always looking for books that can address these skills in a positive light. Julia Cook is one of the best authors I have discovered. She presents tough topics in a relatable manner. Rule following is definitely a hot topic for most of my students. They don't want to follow rules that seem to have no purpose. They really related to the characters and the struggles Brad has throughout this story. Ultimately they learn that rules are there to keep them safe.

These are wonderful books and have helped my son learn these much needed life principles. We stumbled across the series when my son's therapist read this book to him and said we should get it to continue to teach him at home!I recommend this for ages 5 all the way to 12

I am a therapist and planned to use it with children 5 to 8 or 9. It can't really hold the attention of children 5 or 6 or really even 7. The concepts are good but it is too detailed and causes young children to lose interest.

Used in therapy, my clients really connect with the Noodle books and this is just the same! Great for school age kiddos and Noodle is very relatable.

I love Julia Cook's books. I have many of them in my classroom. I just bought this one fire the end of the year. It touches on a real problem some children have in a humorous, non threatening way. It gives practical advice without being preachy. I always leave them out for students to read independently after we read and discussed it as a class. I love it when I see students who struggle with the issue choose to re read the books on their own.

It's a fun book. My kids love it. Now when they try to get around the rules we say "Okay, Noodle" and they know they have to follow the rule.

As a therapist, I had hoped to use this book for groups of elementary kids. The first seventeen pages show bad behavior and end with a poem about how awful rules are. The next four pages consist of the mother giving a wordy lecture to the child about why rules are important. The book ends with the child repeating the poem about rules being awful, simply adding the word "NOT!" at the end. I found this book to be too wordy to keep the attention of young kids. It would have been more helpful to show a story of the consequences of a day without rules, instead of lecturing about it. It also would have been helpful to dedicate more space to coping skills and/or positive alternatives to disobeying the rules.

My son loves these booksEspecially this one, although he still thinks his name is ‘Noodle’ (that he’s above the rules), he now has a character to relate to as we read the book discussing similar situations throughout it. I think it offers some insight for older children as to how their disobeying rules might effect others and how others may see them when they do it. A younger crowd ( maybe 5/6 and less) might not grasp the concept and be able to compare it as readily and easily as older kids, but it’s still a good foundation to at least begin with. And the words are all different font and type and color, so if your child has problem focusing or staying on track in a book, this may help them to distinguish where they are as they/you read the book and hold their attention, possibly.

Good story, just be sure to read the whole book before you read it with your kids as there may be something surprising in there depending on the grade level of the kid.

Cute book! I like the meaning that goes with it, but it is pretty wordy. Not something any of my kindergarteners would be able to read on their own.

My kiddo is autistic and these books are written and illustrated so well. They follow similar to our social stories we use. And the author address so many issues kiddos these days face, including mine. Highly recommend her books, we have many of them!

I am a behavioral aide in elementary schools. I use this book and others from the same author. They are interesting and the kids enjoy hearing them multiple times.

This book is not just for kids. We all know people who think it's okay for them to break the rules. Students enjoyed it and eagerly discussed it. They asked if we can read it again.