From Michelle Rial, the writer of viral favorite Am I Overthinking This?, comes a quirky and delightful picture book exploring multiple early-learning concepts through simple graphic charts and graphs
Little charts for big hearts! Through boldly illustrated timelines, pie charts, bar graphs, and Venn diagrams, young readers will learn about colors, opposites, shapes, feelings, and much more in this unconventional STEM picture book with the sweetest ending ever.
Michelle Rial’s colorful, graphic style and infectious rhyming text make this a real off-the-charts read-aloud.
Did I screw up? How do I achieve work-life balance? Am I eating too much cheese? Do I have too many plants? Through artful charts and funny, insightful questions, Michelle Rial delivers a playful take on the little dilemmas that loom large in the mind of every adult. It hopes to be a reminder that there isn’t always one right answer—and that, sometimes, the only answer is to pick a path and keep moving.
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Her delightful visuals dissect modern anxieties with real-life objects: reliance on single-use plastics plotted with a flexi straw, the rate of climate change measured on an X-Y graph using a burnt, upwardly curved matchstick.
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Maybe This Will Help is one part the funny and relatable graphs that fans of Am I Overthinking This? and of Michelle Rial know and love, and one part the honest stories behind what makes those graphs so poignant. Michelle Rial brings to light her struggles with chronic pain, grief, and creative uncertainty in a way that reflects the universality of dealing with the unthinkable. Equal parts funny and moving, this book delves into the more serious side of things, finding levity and collective experience in the invisible difficulties that so many of us face. Through humorous charts and intimate peeks into the author's life, it explores the big things that can feel unmanageable and the everyday humor that keeps us moving forward.
Try not to overthink it. Am I Overthinking This? meets The Journal of Awesome in this visual journal featuring engaging imagery and plenty of blank space for capturing your "overthoughts."
This visually driven journal makes it easy for people to get their "overthinking" out of their heads and onto paper. Brimming with Michelle Rials' beloved, fun-to-read charts and plenty of blank pages to process emotions, this encouraging journal is a must-have companion for people who love humorous, relatable visuals and anyone who needs space to feel their feelings.
