Measuring Up

Sam Baker is good at a lot of things. He just can't stop counting the things Marcus is better at. Faster. Smarter. Better at everything — or so it feels every time Sam looks around the classroom, the lunchroom, the pool. When Sam finally does something he's proud of, the moment lasts about ten seconds before someone else's win steals the room. Then a classmate asks him a question that changes everything: "Faster than who, at what?" A warm, honest early reader about a boy who learns the difference between comparing himself to everyone else and measuring how far he's come. No lectures. No easy fixes. Just Sam, working it out one day at a time. Perfect for kids ages 6-9 who feel like they're always coming in second, and for the grown-ups who want to hand them a better way to think about it.