Reading about Annie can help you understand and deal with whining.

"Help Me Be Good About Disobeying helps children replace "Misbehavior" (disobeying) with a good behavior in an inviting format that includes text and cartoons. Each book in the Help Me Be Good Series defines a misbehavior, explains the cause of the misbehavior and its negative effects, and offers children and parents practical advice for tuning the misbehavior into acceptable behavior."--provided by Amazon.com.