The Power of Yet by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Published by Harry N. Abrams on January 12, 2021
ISBN: 1419740032
Pages: 24
Genres: Animals
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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“I can’t do this!”  Not YET, anyway! This encouraging story helps youngsters (and oldsters) keep in mind that someday they might be able to succeed in their endeavor. Especially helpful are the strategies: practice, do it with someone who can do it better, and wait. Also helpful is the recognition of the frustrations, failures, anger: don’t quit: use your “power and courage, and that’s called GRIT.” 

Full color illustrations show a piglet who’s not ready, not big enough, or good enough to do various activities. Plenty of white space and large, black font spaces out the rhyming text.

This is more than perseverance; it’s about the need to sometimes wait as “It takes growing and doing, patience and time.”

Reviewed by Lynn Mayer, Retired Librarian, Old Town Elementary School, Old Town