Kit And The Copycat: Let's Talk About It (Book 13)

Now shipping: Ebook (instant download), Hardcover, and Paperback. Board Book: Join the waitlist below to be notified when it prints.

Board Book & Hardcover Pre-Order: Physical editions are currently in production and will ship as soon as they are available. Select Ebook for immediate download.

Book 13 of Kit's Little Sparks, board books for ages 2 to 4 by patent attorney, engineer, preschool co-founder, and dad Chris Kuczynski. Phase 4 Growing Together: handling copycats with words instead of fights.

Read the complete guide to all 20 books in the series: STEM Books for Toddlers

What do you do when someone copies you?

A kid at school makes something that looks just like Kit's Steady Sippy and says he made it first. Kit's stomach drops. Nothing is missing, but something feels wrong. It feels yucky inside.

Sparks introduces Elias, a gentle boy with curly hair, kind eyes, and a small hourglass he carries everywhere. When things get tense, Elias flips the hourglass and says, "Let's take a breath." The sand falls. Kit breathes. The anger starts to settle.

Then Elias says something brave: "Let's TALK to him." Kit is nervous, but he walks over. Kit speaks honestly: "I made that first. It makes me sad when you say you did." The other kid's face changes. "Oh. I'm sorry. I did not think about it." He was not trying to be mean. He just did not think. Kit offers to help him make his own invention, and a conflict turns into a friendship.

This book opens the Growing phase (Books 13 through 20). It tackles the hardest moment in any creator's journey: seeing someone take credit for your work. But it deliberately avoids making the other child a villain. Most copying at this age comes from admiration. The lesson is that talking solves more than yelling, and most people will do the right thing when they understand how you feel.

What is inside:

• 24 pages of story, activities, and play

• Full color watercolor illustrations

• The Inventor's Playbook: one Activity Page and six Play-Together Games with spot illustrations

• A note for parents and educators

• QR code linking to read aloud video and printable resources

About the series:
Kit's Little Sparks is a 20 book curriculum that builds the emotional and behavioral skills children need to become creative thinkers and problem solvers. Written by Chris Kuczynski, an engineer turned patent attorney, preschool co-founder, and dad.

Details:

• Ages: 2+

• Format:
  Board book, 7 x 7 inches
  Hardcover, 8 x 8 inches
  Paperback, 8 x 8 inches

• Pages: 24

• ISBN 978-1-968470-25-8 (board book)
  ISBN 978-1-972921-51-7 (hardcover)
  ISBN 978-1-968470-92-0 (paperback)
  ISBN 978-1-968470-26-5 (EPUB)
  ISBN 978-1-968470-70-8 (Kindle)