Coping With

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 first chapter is generally addressed to the reader before buying the book and persuading them to buy it.
• The author then introduces the (fictional) team of researchers who helped him to write the book. Usually, the team includes 'Elderado Dingbatti', an escaped lunatic who frequently falls in love with pieces of furniture and confuses himself with Eldorado, the unsuccessful soap opera.
• Then follows a humorous description of how the subject of the book (such a schooling or currency) has developed through the ages.
• After this follows the A-Z section, which usually takes up most of the book. This section contains various objects related to the book's subject, arranged alphabetically. Every letter is used, which results in 'cheat' subjects only tenuously linked the book itself e.g. "Zoological Friend (pet)" or "Xams (Exams): If your spelling is this bad, maybe higher education isn't for you!".
• Finally, the book ends with appendices and an afterword from the author.

The titles in the series are (in order):

Coping With Book Series

Title	Publication Year	ISBN	Illustrator	Length (Pages)
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 Television Show

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.

Notes

1. Note 1 : A concise (pocket-sized 96 page) version of these books was released on 17 November 2000
2. Note 2 : Co-written by Kara May