Waffle can't decide

So many options. What's Waffle to do? A bespectacled, pigtailed waffle has trouble making decisions. Even if the choices at hand aren't that important, she, well, waffles. For Waffle, "most decisions feel big and forever." Her indecisiveness has consequences. Taking too long to pick out a pair of socks results in Waffle being late for school. When she dawdles at the ice cream counter, nearly all of the flavors eventually run out. So Waffle devises a plan: She selects a school outfit from her closet with her eyes closed. Oops: She's picked out beachwear. She tries copying what everyone else is doing and asking all her friends for guidance ("I'll mix all their ideas together…so I don't have to decide"); neither approach works. Eventually, looking through her telescope gives Waffle her best idea: She learns to narrow down choices to make them manageable. Along the way, Waffle picks up a few tips. Getting more information can be helpful in the process, as is the knowledge that sometimes "either choice is fine" and "many decisions aren't forever." This sympathetic, bibliotherapeutic story, written by a clinical pediatric neuropsychologist, will resonate with children who have problems making decisions. Parents will appreciate both the narrative and the closing note, the latter providing clear, useful guidance and tips for caregivers. The images of anthropomorphic foodstuffs--with cartoonishly large bodies perched atop skinny legs--leaven a serious topic. Readers will have no difficulty in deciding to read this book; it's a good, helpful choice.(Picture book. 4-7) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.