
Author: Katharine Mitropoulos
Illustrator: Laura Watson
Genre: Children’s Fiction
Year Published: 2024
Nerdection Rating:
“Nerdection Must Read”
We are back in Harmony Lane with a new challenge in this children’s book, Let’s Work Smarter. This innovative tale, written by Katharine Mitropoulos, teaches kids the importance of working smartly when solving problems.
Synopsis:
It’s time to fix Harmony Lane’s playground and everyone is excited!
Mouse and his friends earned enough money for the playground by selling goods in the farmer’s market. Now all that’s left is to paint the fence, clean the sandbox, and plant new flowers.
Mouse divides the friends into three groups, so each must complete one task.
However, things rapidly get messy, and the friends must find new ways to work efficiently. Should they try to work harder?
Read the book with your little ones to find out!
My Take on Let’s Work Smarter
Let’s Work Smarter by Katharine Mitropoulos is an introspective tale for children. It subtly teaches the importance of creativity, finding new ways to solve problems, and thinking out of the box.
Children often find themselves in tricky situations where they need to self-analyze the best way out. Reading and discussing this tale with them can awaken their minds to new thought processes.
And of course, Let’s Work Smarter features Laura Watson’s illustrations that we all love! Painted in vibrant colors and depicting the character’s emotions accurately, children are sure to love the adorable pictures of Mouse and friends sprucing up the playground.
This is a masterfully crafted tale that skillfully imparts the value of problem-solving to young readers, Let’s Work Smarter is a delightful little book for children and parents alike.
Best for kindergarteners, their parents, and teachers, so that your little ones work smarter, not harder!
About The Author Of Let’s Work Smarter
Katharine Mitropoulos dreamed of writing children’s books when she was young but never found the courage. Her journey as an author began later in life after degrees in psychology, linguistics, and speech-language pathology. While working as a speech-language pathologist in schools, ideas for stories started flooding in. Once she got married and had two children of her own, she found herself crafting bedtime stories and dream prompts. One day, she wrote down one of those stories, and that’s when Harmony Lane Adventures was born. In her spare time, Katharine loves to build furniture in her woodshop, eat ice cream with rainbow sprinkles, and run road races all over the state.
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