Genre: Children's 4-11 years
Published: March 11, 2024
Pages: 31
Holly learns the hard way that crossing her fingers and hoping for the best is no strategy for success.
The night before an important English test, Holly socializes more than she studies. On the day of the exam, Holly hopes the test won’t be too hard and she really hopes to score big.
But when her grade is posted online, she sees a big fat D with a plus sign. Staring at her grade and feeling a mix of disappointment and disbelief, Holly tells her mom that she had hoped really, really hard but it looks like that wasn’t enough.
Mom must gently remind her daughter that wishful thinking rarely works by itself. If Holly wants to make her dreams come true, she has to do more than hope. She has to be an active participant by staying motivated, putting in the effort, and being resilient. What Holly needs is a different kind of hope. A HOPE that is built on Hard work, Optimism, and Perseverance, so Eventually her dreams can become reality.
Author Gina Prosch helps young children see and understand how to be the leaders of their own lives by maintaining a sense of hopefulness and emotional resilience. A special page written specifically for parents and educators offers insights and practical tips on helping children lean into hope to find the motivation they need to achieve their goals.
Hope! More Than Wishful Thinking is the second title in the author’s Holly’s Choice book series, which also includes Joy! You Find What You Look For.
Written for children ages 5 to 11, the series empowers young readers to embrace life with more joy, hope, and love.
The night before an important English test, Holly socializes more than she studies. On the day of the exam, Holly hopes the test won’t be too hard and she really hopes to score big.
But when her grade is posted online, she sees a big fat D with a plus sign. Staring at her grade and feeling a mix of disappointment and disbelief, Holly tells her mom that she had hoped really, really hard but it looks like that wasn’t enough.
Mom must gently remind her daughter that wishful thinking rarely works by itself. If Holly wants to make her dreams come true, she has to do more than hope. She has to be an active participant by staying motivated, putting in the effort, and being resilient. What Holly needs is a different kind of hope. A HOPE that is built on Hard work, Optimism, and Perseverance, so Eventually her dreams can become reality.
Author Gina Prosch helps young children see and understand how to be the leaders of their own lives by maintaining a sense of hopefulness and emotional resilience. A special page written specifically for parents and educators offers insights and practical tips on helping children lean into hope to find the motivation they need to achieve their goals.
Hope! More Than Wishful Thinking is the second title in the author’s Holly’s Choice book series, which also includes Joy! You Find What You Look For.
Written for children ages 5 to 11, the series empowers young readers to embrace life with more joy, hope, and love.
I received a copy of this book through Netgalley. This is my honest review.
This is a story about a young girl who is studying and trying to learn all the parts of speech for a test at school, and in spite of hoping so hard to get a good grade on the test, she gets a D. Her mom steps in to teach her that hope should be used as an acronym when it comes to school work, because just wishing that you'll do well rarely pans out in the end.
I think this book might have actually been helpful for me to read to my daughter when she was younger, but it didn't exist then. We really struggle with her caring about school in general, and unlike Holly's mom, I don't know how to help her because I was not a good student. I got good grades, but I was a bad student. I don't think I ever completed any big research assignment more than 24 hours before it was due, and I was typically frantically completing them very shortly before class started. So I don't have the tools to help my daughter do better. For that reason, I think I would absolutely be willing to read this book over and over and over again, hoping the message would stick. The illustrations were very bold and colorful.
Overall I give Hope: More Than Wishful Thinking 4.6935 out of 5 stars. - Katie
GINA PROSCH is an award-winning writer who has always been a sucker for a good story. Gina’s love of reading drew her to degrees in English and years spent teaching at the University of Wyoming and Presbyterian College. She also has taught kids at the high school and elementary levels. She is the author of This Day’s Joy, and you can follow her at ginaprosch.com and thisdaysjoy.com. Her first book in the Holly's Choice book series, Joy! You Find What You Look For won the 2023 Gold Mom's Choice Award.
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