If You're Angry And You Know It! by Cecily Kaiser (26-Jun-1905) Paperback

by Cecily Kaiser

With new lyrics to this favorite tune, young readers will learn ways to resolve their anger while singing along!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Emotion, School

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Manu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Leila read this at school today during story time

Leila: 5 stars: I want to keep it in my school all day long. (What did u learn in that book?) that the girl drummed her drum really loud when she was angry. (Is that a good thing?) no (why?) bc it might hurt somebody’s ear. (What could u do when you’re angry?) take a deep breath and calm down.

[Molly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Teaches simple coping strategies for being angry.

[Celia Buell]

*Read for: BGC SEL with K-3 students May 2022

[Madison LibraryBookFamily · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book illustrated and describes several different ways a child can react to a negative situation. Perfect for the toddler who screams like a banshee, hits, and throws things when he doesn't get his way. (Not that I have one of those children mind you. My child is always well behaved. If you can't read the sarcasm here, you don't know me well enough.) The words closely mirror the song, "If you're happy and you know it."

[Marilyn Showalter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Contemporary Realistic
K-2nd
In my opinion, this would be a good book for child who struggle with getting angry. While I was reading I couldn’t help but sing along to the words, so it could definitely be read aloud or sang as a song. I think this book does a good job of showing how to handle your anger in a way that a young child can understand, but I would have liked it to be a little longer.

[Fahula · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a simple springboard to a discussion on appropriate ways to manage your anger. Students easily connect with the situations illustrated, and even intermediate students happily reminisce and sing along to the song format. The book is also useful for sparking discussions related to students with sensory issues.

[Rita Pot · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book teaching children how to deal with anger

[Beverly Kennett · Rating 4 out of 5]

written to the song format of "If You're Happy and You Know It" Teaches children that anger is a natural feeling and several appropriate ways to deal with the feeling

[Stephen Snyder · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you Cecily Kaiser for writing this book to help children deal with their anger in a positive way.

A must read for cildre, parents, and educators!

[Brynaleh · Rating 4 out of 5]

The illustrations are nothing special but the catchy song ("If You're Happy and You Know It" becomes "if You're Angry and You Know It") is great for toddlers and preschoolers and teaches positive coping skills for anger (example: "If you're angry and you know it, walk away..."). Since reading this a few times our 3 year old has actually tried out some of these coping skills (or talked about trying them after he melted down and screamed at me ;-p ) and I think the song really engaged him and is helping him remember appropriate ways to deal with anger. Though I don't love the illustrations, they interest him a lot and he talks about what's going on and what emotions the characters are feeling in each picture, which is excellent.

[Abby Peskin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this song with different emotions in it, and had never heard of just using anger and listing some of the different helpful coping strategies children can use when they're angry. Great idea! Although I wish they had not started with stomping feet (which often revs up the anger instead of toning it down), that is my only complaint about this fun book. I would definitely use this with little kids to help them learn about how to cope with anger, a feeling that is notoriously difficult for children to master.

[Maggie Mattmiller · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice twist on "If you're happy and you know it", including strategies for kids when they're angry. Could be a good conversation starter for which strategies work for individual kids, as well as the various scenarios in the book that make the characters angry. They are definitely scenarios students could relate to! Simple, but worth sharing with kids.

[April Evans · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book to use when teaching students about how to deal with their anger. It gives options for the students if they are feeling angry. This way they let out their anger in a positive way.

[Sharon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not quite sure how to express yourself when you're angry? Help young children refelct on aggressive behavior and learn a valuable lesson of expression in an acceptable manner.

[Amber]

1 copy available

[Rida · Rating 3 out of 5]

Best way for a kid to calm down very nice book!

[Quinn · Rating 2 out of 5]

options on handling anger to the tune of if youre happy and you know it

[Cody · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked it because it was sort of like a poem and it rhymed.

[Jennifer Steele · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book! It is a good social story, it is super catchy with the tune of “happy and you know it”. This is a book I would love to use in a classroom.