MANIFEST FOR KIDS: 4 STEPS TO BEING THE BEST YOU, by Roxie Nafousi, Penguin Workshop, Feb. 3, 2026, Paperback, $8.99 (ages 8-12)
Manifest for Kids: 4 Steps to Being the Best You, by Roxie Nafousi, provides middle readers with ways to improves their emotional intelligence.
Are you ready to learn a new superpower?
Manifesting is a way of using your own mind to become your best and happiest self. Anyone can manifest, and kids can learn how with four simple steps:
• Understand your feelings
• Grow your confidence
• Appreciate everything you have
• Set and reach your goals
With activities to do alone, as well as with friends and family, this incredible book will give kids all the tools they need to manifest their best and most brilliant lives! Complete with a daily journal to practice all the tools learned. —Synopsis provided by Penguin Workshop
As a parent, I am always on the lookout for tools to help my kid grow into her best self. Manifest for Kids: 4 Steps to Being the Best You is an excellent option.
The book is divided into two parts — four steps to manifesting and journal prompts. There are also writing prompts throughout the book that correspond with topics ranging from understanding emotions; confidence and self-belief; gratitude; and goal-setting.
Manifest for Kids is written for kids in an accessible way. Though there aren’t any pictures, the text is broken up by bulleted lists, calls to action, different fonts, etc. This makes the book manageable. The text is conversational and moves quickly, despite not being a story.
Manifest for Kids: 4 Steps to Being the Best You focuses on emotions and actions that all kids can relate to and should have a way of understanding. It’s a worthwhile purchase.
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