This book has the stat­ed inten­tion of devel­op­ing ​“a child’s prob­lem-solv­ing skills” and inspir­ing the child to ​“behave appro­pri­ate­ly” through the pre­sen­ta­tion of sev­er­al sit­u­a­tions that require the child to make a deci­sion. Although the title declares this a sto­ry­book, there are no actu­al sto­ries, but sev­en sce­nar­ios fea­tur­ing a sweet-faced Ortho­dox boy that end with the tagline ​“what would you do if it hap­pened to you?“ The inter­ac­tive nature of the book assumes that it will be shared between par­ent and child and each sce­nario dis­cussed. The intro­duc­tion includes a list of lessons or ​“mid­dos” that might be learned from each sit­u­a­tion; for exam­ple, a sce­nario in which the child gets ready for bed and finds his pil­low miss­ing includes the sug­ges­tion that par­ent and child dis­cuss good bed­time rou­tines includ­ing say­ing She­ma. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, these didac­tic sce­nar­ios do not inspire repeat­ed read­ings, while the rhyming text often seems a bit forced, with changes in rhythm that detract from the book’s cadence. On a brighter note, water­col­or and ink illus­tra­tions are rich­ly hued and friend­ly, ame­lio­rat­ing some­what the wellmean­ing yet inel­e­gant text. Ages 2 – 5.