The Coping With series of books is a series of books aimed at 11-16 year olds, written by Peter Corey and published by Scholastic Hippo. The first book, Coping with Parents, was released in 1989, and the series continued until the last book, Coping with Cash, in 2000. The books take a humorous look at issues which affect teenagers and how to cope with them. The books are generally built around the same basic structure:
The titles in the series are (in order):
Title | Publication Year | ISBN | Illustrator | Length (Pages) |
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Coping With Parents1 | 1989 | ISBN 0-590-76140-4 | Martin Brown | 139 |
Coping With Teachers1 | 1991 | ISBN 0-590-76485-3 | Martin Brown | 141 |
Coping With Girls/ Boys1 2 | 1992 | ISBN 0-590-55044-6 | Martin Brown | 144 (72 each half) |
Coping With School | 1993 | ISBN 0-590-55279-1 | Martin Brown | 143 |
Coping With The Family | 1994 | ISBN 0-590-55524-3 | Martin Brown | 144 |
Coping With Pets | 1995 | ISBN 0-590-55838-2 | Martin Brown | 144 |
Coping With Friends | 1996 | ISBN 0-590-13183-4 | Martin Brown | 112 |
Coping With Love | 1997 | ISBN 0-590-13446-9 | Philip Reeve | 127 |
Coping With Exams and Tests | 1998 | ISBN 0-590-19683-9 | Philip Reeve | 128 |
Coping With 1999 (A Diary) | 1998 | ISBN 0-590-11296-1 | Philip Reeve | 128 |
Coping With The 21st Century | 1999 | ISBN 0-590-11192-2 | Mike Phillips | 144 |
Coping With Christmas 1 | 1999 | ISBN 0-439-01187-6 | Mike Phillips | 155 |
Coping With Cash | 2000 | ISBN 0-439-01015-2 | Mike Phillips | 144 |
The books success led to, in 1994, a one-off television special on Channel 4 called Coping with Grown-ups, shown as part of Channel 4's Look Who's Talking strand, featuring shows made by children. This was followed by Coping With Christmas in 1995, and a 6-part series across the 1997-1998 new year: Holidays, School, Cool, Relatives, Girls, Boys. These won multiple awards, including a BAFTA.