For parents & teachers

For the child who comes home and says nothing about their day.

Murphy's Law for Kids: School Edition is nine school stories. Each one is told by a different kid in Noah and Ella's class, about the day something went wrong at school and what they did next.

See it on Amazon Teachers: free School Kit

Nine school stories
Read aloud from 7, on their own from 8
No need to read Book 1 first

Murphy's Law for Kids: School Edition book cover

The school days these stories are for

One wrong answer in class and their hand stops going up.
A bad morning at the gate becomes a bad day in class.
A falling-out at lunch comes home with them.
They freeze rather than go first.
A test comes back covered in red and the whole evening goes with it.

Inside the School Edition

Noah, Ella and Biscuit are back, now with the whole class. Every chapter is a school day that goes wrong in a way your child will know straight away, told by the kid it happened to. Read it together at bedtime, or hand it over for a quiet read after a hard day.

Every chapter opens on a picture of the kid who tells it, so kids will see themselves in it. After every chapter there's a School Mission and a Talk About It question, and every power has a five-minute classroom routine with no extra materials.

The Murphy's Law for Kids: School Edition crew lined up, with Biscuit the dog

A girl smiling at the whiteboard after working through a fraction problem — Oops-and-Adjust, at the board

A boy swinging across the monkey bars while a grumpy bird watches — The Power of Yet, on the monkey bars

Two friends on a bench working through a page together — What Did It Teach Me?, on the bench

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Read the first book too: Murphy's Law for Kids has the same nine powers, mostly at home.

A gift for a 7, 8, 9 or 10 year old: for a birthday, a stocking stuffer, a gift from a teacher, or a book for your own child.

For home: the free Parent & Teacher Guide has all nine powers on one page, with shields to color in.

For teachers

The free Bounce-Back School Kit

The classroom companion to the School Edition. 24 printable pages, a lesson you can run in 15 minutes, and everything prints on a black and white copier. Shields print as outlines, because coloring them in is the reward.