The Children’s Book That Predicted the Fidget Craze

I appears we have a children’s lit Rasputin on our hands, folks, and her name? Charise Mericle Harper (CMH) If you work in a school (or have recently been within shouting distance of a child) you know that “fidgets” are a hot fad. They are the slap bracelet of the twenty teens. Maybe you’ve seen […]

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I appears we have a children’s lit Rasputin on our hands, folks, and her name?

Charise Mericle Harper (CMH)

If you work in a school (or have recently been within shouting distance of a child) you know that “fidgets” are a hot fad. They are the slap bracelet of the twenty teens.

Maybe you’ve seen a spinner or two?

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I was reading The Good For Nothing Button to a class yesterday when a student (shout-out to Jacob) said, “It’s a fidget.”

In my head I pulled a Grandpa Bucket.

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Because he’s right.

It’s pretty obvious what has happened here. In the book The Good For Nothing Button, CMH PREDICTED the fidget craze.

Need some additional evidence?

Wait, what’s this???

*ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE* You know what became popular in the week following the release of The Good For Nothing Button?

This:

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IT IS AN ACTUAL GOOD FOR NOTHING BUTTON!!!

LOOK FAMILIAR???

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Case closed.

All I’m saying is, keep an eye on CMH – she knows things.

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