A good lesson for tweens and teens of different abilities, as they develop life skills. The examples from Blake’s life, when he used the three P’s (prioritize, plan, and post) were relatable and could be transferred to fit individual readers’ lives. The parent/educator section was especially helpful with hands-on ideas. I am eager to read and share the other books in the series.

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Very typical of this series and of Boys Town press in general. Blake has too much to do so he must learn his P’s: plan and prioritize. It’s a great lesson that needs to be taught. It’s repetitively done and it works. Is it great literature, no, but it has a point and it makes it. The illustrations are alright, nothing award winning, but not boring or a turn off either.

This is part of the Executive FUNction series about a baseball player named Blake as he learns different things. This particular story is designed to help children learn some ideas of how to prioritize things in their lives from what they need to do and want to do. There are many things to manage in life and it can become overwhelming! This is a well designed book with some great ideas for all of us. It is helpful for kids as well as adults to help us manage our lives. But, the earlier we learn time management skills and how to prioritize the important things in our lives the easier life will be. This book is helpful. It is a good book for parents to read to their children and great for teachers or to have in a library too. It is helpful for a lesson in planning and gets talks started. This book speaks well to a child helping them understand what it means to want to play, but need to plan, yet does this important job in a fun way. This is a good book for elementary age.

As a mother of three children, one of whom has ADHD and easily feels overwhelmed, these are exactly the type of guidelines I use to help them overcome their feelings and get things done. I'm glad to have found a book I use to help explain this to them. It's perfect to use in a relaxed setting, prompting the discussion when they are not already overwhelmed.

The kindle version needs some better formatting, but the story and pictures are great.

My Review: I previously read another book by this author (Time To Get Started) in a similar style and it was very helpful, so I definitely wanted to read this one. As an adult, and a rather organized, to-do list, type A, adult; it is often hard for me to remember that the ability to prioritize, lists and get things done isn't an innate skill, it must be taught. Munchkin has been struggling with this as a second grader, what needs to be done first and what is just an optional item. I like the way this book goes about explaining things without being too preachy. It gives a great example of how to prioritize items on a to do list not just for a single day but over a whole week. It also has great resources for both parents and teachers on how to help teach these skills to our children.



My Rating: I love how this books makes learning to prioritize approachable and easy with simple tricks kids can execute on their own. This is an important skill that will be needed throughout life and a great way to start early. I give it a rating of Four Paws and a Stump Wag!

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. Thank you NetGalley.

This is an important topic to cover with our children. We often hold our kids to such high expectations...
I can say as an adult I feel like my list of things to do is NEVER shrinking.. so i can only imagine that my kids sometimes feel overwhelmed with the tasks assigned to them as well.

We read this together, and we all learned from it.. A great read for sure.

*Received for free from netgalley for honest review* This is a really good book for helping kids learn how to prioritize, I really like how it has multiple examples instead of just one too and as always love when they include extra info for parents too!

My kids learned a lot from listening to this book at our story time. I am hoping the lessons from it my son takes to heart, as this is something he struggles with. Thanks for putting this out!

I received an advanced reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

This is a really cute and usefull book for school age children to encourage them with ways to cope with the stresses of life in general e.g with chores, hobbies, homework, fun etc by showing them how they can plan, prioritise and posting visual notes/reminders/lists to get things done in order of priority.
This is a great book for children who get frustrated or need routine.

This picture book focuses on a boy named Blake. Blake keeps getting overwhelmed with all of the tasks that he needs to complete. All he can think is “I’ll never get all of that done!” Then his mom teaches him a strategy called P’s. The three P’s are prioritize, plan, and post. Blake’s mom teaches him that strategy to help him manage things such as preparing for a bake sale, completing homework, and catching up on school assignments. The book also discusses that prioritizing means doing the things that need to get done before the things you want to do.

This is another great book in the Executive Function series. Many kids need to be explicitly taught time management skills and this book is a great resource for doing that! I liked that the P’s were explained a few times throughout the book, because children need to see information multiple times to really let it sink in. I also liked the discussion about doing need to’s before want to’s since this is a discussion that I often have with the students in my classroom when they tell me they would prefer to do something else. Recommended for students in grades 2 - 5. Amazon affiliate link in profile.

This book is part of a series by Boys Town press that is meant to help children to cope.  In this entry, the reader follows  Blake as he is involved in several situations that overwhelm him.  Generally, he cannot figure out how to get everything done.  The reader sees how many demands he faces and that is just how they feel, like external demands that Blake does not know how to meet.  Blake's mother teaches him the "three Ps;" these are prioritizing, planning and posting, that is figuring out the order in which things need to be accomplished, figuring out how to each task in steps and putting a reminder where it can be seen.  Adults will see this as organizing and partializing in order to get things done.


Young elementary school aged children will see how Blake manages a bake sale, his chores, his schoolwork and more.  Each time the "three Ps" come into play.  Children who buy into this message will have a useful tool for getting their work done and not becoming completely overwhelmed.  There is a section of tips for parents at the end of the book.


Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for this title in exchange for an honest review.  I am off to get organized now!

I read this book last night and I thought it had some really good points and even as an adult I still need to remind myself to plan ahead to get everything done so this is great for kids to learn at a young age. I thought that the story was easy to follow and the layout was good and I liked the end where he passed on what he had learnt to another. The images are nice and I liked the addition at the end of the book for learning points for parents/teachers too

A story to teach the importance of Prioritizing, Planning and Posting in order to help a child who is overwhelmed with all the stuff they have to do. This book does a good job at portraying our need to do these things. Yet as someone who works with kids, counsels them etc. Often they don't just react with "how can I get this all done". They might punch a child, talk back in class, clam up and hide, they might avoid things, or lie, or cheat. The signs of being overwhelmed are many and something that needs to be made known to those before working through this book with them.

that being said, this book is a great tool to help a child learn. Well worth adding to a library of resource for child counseling.