“Interesting. Children really need guidance on chores and everyday life knowledge.”
— Douban reader

“Each comic draws out the child’s problem with simple text. Kids find resonance in the comics—aren’t I often just like the main character?”
— Xiaohuasheng reader

“Fun for children, suitable for lower-grade children to build habits.”
— Xiaohuasheng reader

★ First lesson in organizing for ages 6–12. 38 comic scenes recreate real organizing dilemmas—room like a typhoon hit? Homework and snacks mixed in the schoolbag? Study materials piled up with nowhere to start?
★ Since the “Primary School Comics” series launched in December 2019, the entire series has been reprinted to 6.5 million copies. This set is a self-reliance life-themed title in the same series.
★ Expert team from Beijing Normal University, East China Normal University, and Xizang Minzu University, covering education and psychology. Guo Ying is a PhD in Education from Beijing Normal University and a UCLA visiting scholar, long engaged in children’s education research.
★ Readers report: “Each comic draws out the child’s problem, with simple text. Kids find resonance in the comics—aren’t I often just like the main character?” After reading, children began organizing their desks voluntarily and reminding family members to put things back.
★ It is not a preachy “don’t make a mess” book. It goes from “why we need to organize” to “10 organizing tips,” from schoolbag organization to room storage, weaving organizing thinking into comic stories.

The series includes 4 volumes:
1. Why Is My Room Always a Mess? (Organizing and Tidying)
2. Why Am I Always Rushing? (Managing Time)
3. What If I’ve Spent All My Money? (Using Money Wisely)
4. How Can I Be Happy Every Day? (Loving Life)

For every elementary school student whose things are scattered and schoolbag is a mess.

Is your child’s room always like it was swept by a typhoon? Homework and snacks mixed together in the schoolbag? Study materials piled up with no idea where to start? Every morning, can’t find socks and running around in panic? These messy life scenes that drive parents crazy and give children headaches actually have solutions. “Primary School Self-Reliance Comic: Organizing and Tidying” is the first organizing and tidying skills primer designed for ages 6–12.

This is the first volume of the “Primary School Self-Reliance Comic” series. The book has five chapters and 38 scenario training sections, progressing from awareness to methods, from daily small tasks to thinking transfer. Chapter 1, “Awareness,” helps children build organizing awareness—if you don’t organize today, you won’t organize tomorrow; leaving things anywhere is scary, and garbage piles up; Grandma does all the tidying, so I know nothing. Chapter 2, “Basic Cases,” starts with daily small tasks—how to arrange a desk for studying; archive study materials when there are too many; organize the schoolbag in advance every day. Chapter 3, “Methods,” teaches 10 organizing techniques—learn categorization and storage, give things a home; always put things back after use; use storage boxes and hooks well. Chapter 4, “Advanced,” solves common tidying problems—how to organize wardrobes, shoe cabinets, and toy boxes. Chapter 5, “Summary,” transfers organizing thinking to other areas of study and life.

Each scenario uses fun comics to recreate real dilemmas with simple text, letting children find resonance in the comics—“Aren’t I often just like the main character?” There is no dry preaching, only organizing tips children can understand, learn, and use.

When children learn to manage their own belongings, they learn not only organizing—but also managing life and managing themselves.

Dook Primary School Reading Research Society · Life Group
Composed of outstanding teachers, education experts, and education-related professionals.

Expert team members:
Guo Ying: PhD in Education, Beijing Normal University; Visiting Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles
Yang Zhiyan: PhD in Education, East China Normal University
Zhang Huiqing: Associate Professor, School of Education, Xizang Minzu University

Chapter 1 Awareness: Build organizing habits and fight bad habits in life (1–6)
Chapter 2 Basic Cases: Tidying and organizing start with daily small tasks (7–14)
Chapter 3 Methods: Learn 10 organizing techniques to make tidying easier (15–24)
Chapter 4 Advanced Cases: Solve common tidying problems and become a little organizing expert (25–31)
Chapter 5 Organizing EQ: Apply organizing thinking to other areas of study and life (32–38)