Jabari Tries

My little boys love the Jabari books. They are such good examples of respectful family interaction!

My son and I love reading this book together. I even caught him reading it to himself after he was in bed. I hope there are many more Jabari books to come!

I loved this book about Jabari (who also stars in the book "Jabari Jumps")! It is about a boy who wants to invent something that can fly across his yard. He tries to do it without any help but discovers that he can't do it alone - that having some support makes the job successful. His father is encouraging but not interfering. His cute little sister helps him figure it out and shares in his success. The illustrations are fun to look at and lead so some great discussions. My little one loved the excitement of inventing something and making it work. He also has a little sister and appreciated how Jabari's sister Nika in the story was so like his own.

As an early childhood teacher, I often utilize books to introduce and reinforce concepts for the students. The Jabbari Books are some of my new favorites; this author strikes the perfect balance of addressing complicated feelings for children in a simple yet effective way! I purchased this specifically for a student with a very low frustration threshold, and he referred back to the story when working through an issue. Sometimes books make an impact that discussion cannot!

Excellent book about perseverance and team work.

My son (3yrs) just adores this book! He loves listening to how Jabari gets frustrated and his little sister’s interaction with him. I enjoy how his father’s response is very understanding of the frustration emotion and validating his son’s feelings then gently steering him to a more positive way of dealing with just a big emotion as frustration & anger.

Loveeee this book. I have a little builder/engineer on my hands who also happens to be an older brother. In the story Jabari attempts to build something and continues to fail. Dad suggests including his baby sister as his partner, and together the two of them are able to successfully make the plane fly. Other things to note, Jabari became frustrated in the story, dad stepped in and gave him a calm down technique and that really was the icing on the cake for me. This book is not only a great story but it has life lessons in it as well. I love it!!

Ordered for my grandson and have not had the pleasure to read to him, however, my daughter checked out same character different book library and loves it. They are very particular about content and illustrations, so far I'm batting 1000 with the books I have chosen to order.

My 2yo took an immediate liking to the book after one round of reading. The story is engaging. The art is easy to follow (has great focal points) and quite realistic - there are many details that the child can continue to observe. The book is bring read independently and is one of the first choices now even after 3 weeks.