Nobody has ever become cool by trying. This book takes the pressure off by making the attempt ridiculous on purpose.

Cool Mad Libs runs 21 fill in the blank stories on the subject: how to dress like a cool person, how to hold it together under pressure, how to talk to the coolest person in the room without saying anything at all. What is cooler than being kind? Being ADJECTIVE, apparently, and whoever supplies that adjective decides the whole outcome. The cover has three riders on motorcycles, two of them in shades, which sets the tone accurately.

Publisher age guidance 8 to 12. Play it alone, play it with friends, or play it in a hot air balloon, which the publisher does specifically suggest.