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Wonderful explanations of what anger is, how to recognize the feelings, how to express the feeling in a healthier way and how to problem solve. My daughter has also benefited by reading a book called Angry Octopus: A Relaxation Story. My daughter loved the examples of dialogue as they were accurate samples of what she deals with on a daily basis with her peers at school. I appreciated the fact that we could pick it up and read any chapter without reading the entire book. She feels empowered by both of these books and is now implementing taking a deep breath to calm her anger just as the octopus does in Angry Octopus. It is a winning combination.
This is a very cute book, but to find the time and place to sit down with an angry kid hasn't come about just yet, it's one of those that I'll have to read and then take the ideas to the kids. Definitely a book I'd suggest though. I just haven't gotten a chance to use it the way I'd like yet.
I have been using this book to help my two sons, ages 8 & 11, understand and control thier tempers. This book contains all of the important themes about anger but is presented in a way that appeals to kids. I have read several of these types of books to them and I feel that this one has been the most effective. The book is written with an appealing age appropriate sense of humor and the illustrations are fun for them to look at. I highly recommend this book to parents of kindergarten through seventh grade kids that have anger issues. Thanks for a great book.
This book gives good suggestions. I really like the high lights it gives on summary pages which can be used for teaching tools.
Good for working with individual children (as a parent or therapist) but not so great for groups of young children. The ideas and concepts can be used to design other activities for groups, but a group of angry young students will not sit still to read this through with them.
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