📚💡 Need advice? These two “experts” have you covered.
One is a wise Jedi master made from folded paper.
The other runs a problem-solving business from the top of the jungle gym.
Somehow, both are surprisingly effective.
🟢 The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
When Dwight brings an Origami Yoda finger puppet to school, his classmates are skeptical. After all, the advice is coming from a crumpled piece of paper. But when Yoda starts accurately predicting outcomes and helping kids navigate everything from friendships to embarrassing middle school moments, everyone begins to wonder: Is Origami Yoda actually wise…or is there something more going on?
I loved how the book captures the feeling of desperately wanting answers in middle school and being willing to seek them from the most unlikely sources.
🛝 The Recess Genius: Open for Business by Janet Sumner Johnson, illustrated by Stacy Ebert
Regina Grey isn’t the fastest, strongest, or most popular kid at school. In fact, she’d usually rather disappear into a good book. But when she accidentally solves a classmate’s problem, word spreads fast. Soon she’s holding office hours atop the jungle gym, helping kids with everything from annoying siblings to itchy casts to gum stuck in hair.
I especially loved that Regina’s “genius” isn’t some extraordinary talent—it’s based on her creativity, her curiosity, and her observation skills.
✨ If you had a dilemma, would you ask Origami Yoda or the Recess Genius?
Books for Curious Kids 