Book One:
Don’t Make Noise Lose With Poise: A Child’s Guide To Losing
Don’t Make Noise is a fun way to teach children how to cope with losing. It’s okay to feel disappointed if you don’t win, but it’s not okay to throw a fit and quit. This book teaches kids to be resilient, to be able to learn from their setbacks, and to continue to practice and move on to the next game.
Teaching kids how to compete in a healthy way will help them develop into stronger athletes and stronger people.
Enjoy the fun of sports with the kids in your life! Help them develop a healthy way to compete while avoiding the quitting, giving up, or crying that can accompany defeat.
This book is dedicated to making competition fun for all ages!
Review
David Farkas’s Don’t Make Noise: Lose with Poise is a delightful and meaningful picture book that gently introduces young readers to the importance of handling setbacks gracefully. This engaging installment in the “A Child’s Guide Series” offers a lighthearted yet impactful lesson on resilience, sportsmanship, and self-growth. Through rhythmic storytelling and relatable scenarios, the book reassures children that feeling disappointed after a loss is normal but emphasizes that throwing tantrums and quitting are not the solutions. Instead, Farkas encourages readers to learn from their experiences, practice perseverance, and focus on the joy of doing their best.
Brittany Farkas’s vibrant illustrations add charm to the narrative, capturing emotions and playful moments with expressive details. Every page radiates energy, making the lessons engaging and enjoyable for readers. The story conveys an essential lesson about sportsmanship and teaches youngsters that sometimes they will lose, no matter what the competitive sport. Losing a game or championship can be devastating, but it’s not a reason to cry, scream, or give up. It’s important to learn from losses and know that doing one’s best makes everyone a winner. In today’s competitive world, Don’t Make Noise: Lose with Poise is a perfect read for any youngster involved with sports. It would make an excellent pre-game gift to read before a competition as a reminder to stay calm even when facing a loss. David Farkas created a valuable resource for parents and educators aiming to cultivate emotional intelligence and positive attitudes in children without being preachy. With its engaging message and captivating visuals, this book makes the path to sportsmanship enjoyable for all ages.
Reviewed by Carol Thompson at Reader’s Favorite
About The Author
David has been a youth water polo coach for 25 years and now continues to coach players and coaches around the world through his Shaquatics YouTube channel. As a youth coach he always emphasized good values and practice habits. The motto for his club was ‘Teaching Life Through a Sport,’ and his Child’s Guide Series of books is an extension of those same values. David is also a parent to three small children and wants to write books that will help them grow and develop into productive, kind, hardworking, and honest adults.
David is an actor and musician and can be see in such shows as NCIS:LA, Ghost Whisperer, Days of Our Lives, Criminal Minds, and others. He released two full length albums with his wife, Brittany, who is also the illustrator for the Child’s Guide Series. He is thrilled to be working with his wife on this series and they have many more books coming out soon to help kids navigate this world with grace, honor, class, and of course, poise.
