David Parkins

I'm in the minority, but I didn't actually care for the illustrations very much. I especially could not 'see' Old Man Trouble's facial expressions. However, I love the humorous moral fable. What do you do to outwit Old Man Trouble and have a good day despite bad luck? Aunt Nancy knows! Includes nice little author's note and a promise of a sequel.

This is a great book to use for teaching children perspective. 'It's all how you look at a thing." Old Man Trouble thought he was bringing bad luck to Aunt Nancy, but she turned it all around into something positive. It's great to teach children perspective early on as a pre-cursor to teaching social justice issues.

When the day begins with many problems, Aunt Nancy knows old man trouble is about to pay a visit.

By turning the tables and accepting him into her cabin and being kind and humorous, old man trouble doesn't stay for long.

This book is folk tale passed down orally and now told in a book for children. Children will enjoy this book because the illustrations are in black and white and the rest are in color. This book tells about a man who is trouble and plays tricks on other people but he does not know that Aunt Nancy can play the game too. She has tricks of her own to stop old man trouble from playing more tricks.