Who Moved My Cheese? for Kids - by Spencer Johnson (Hardcover)

About the Book

This picture book adaptation of the popular bestselling adult title allows young readers to follow the story of four little characters, who make their way through a maze looking for the "Magical Cheese" that makes them happy. Full color.

Book Synopsis

Spencer Johnson's Who Moved My Cheese? is a bestselling book that has helped millions of people around the world adapt and succeed in changing times. Now Dr. Johnson has adapted his story for the picture book audience so that, starting from the earliest age, children can view change as a positive thing that can lead to new opportunity.

Young readers will enjoy following the story of the four little characters, Sniff, Scurry, Hem and Haw, who make their way through a maze looking for the "Magical Cheese" that makes them happy. And once they find the Cheese, it seems like it will last forever-until one morning when everything changes. Who moved their Cheese? Will it come back? Or will they have to look for different Cheese, venturing onto strange paths, around corners they've never explored? As children follow these friends through the maze of change, they can try to figure out which character they're most like-or which they most admire-and what their own Magical Cheese might be.

Review Quotes

A Note to Parents: Many of the millions of people all around the world who have read Who Moved My Cheese? say the same thing: They wish they had known "The Cheese Story" when they were younger. Wouldn't it be great if, as kids, we had known how to deal with change--and win! Some years ago, our family moved over five thousand miles to a place with a different culture. A few months after the boys began at a new school, their teachers marveled at how well they had adapted. They had grown up on the story of Who Moved My Cheese? and saw that change could be fun and that it could bring them something better. This story really can help kids change and win! Your family may be experiencing many different kinds of change. But whatever it is, we hope your children will enjoy this kids' edition of the story, which has been created especially for them, and that you will all find your own New Cheese--and enjoy it!

About the Author

Spencer Johnson, M.D., is the originator of The One Minute Manager System (TM) and co-author of The New York Times bestsellers The One Minute Manager (R), The One Minute Sales Person, and One Minute for Myself. His other bestsellers include Who Moved My Cheese?; The Precious Present; and Yes or No: The Guide to Better Decisions.

He has written more than two dozen books dealing with medicine and the behavioral sciences, and has millions of copies of his books in print in twenty-six languages, including the popular children's book series ValueTales (TM).

Dr. Johnson received a B.A. degree in psychology from the University of Southern California, an M.D. from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and medical clerkships at Harvard Medical School and the Mayo Clinic. He lives with his family in Hawaii.