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A Feel Better Book for Little Tempers
This book helps young children who are just beginning to recognize and identify their emotions understand how anger feels and affects them. Readers are taught that it's okay to get mad, if you know what to do. Told in rhyme, the gentle and calming narration introduces the subject delicately and simply, offering explanations, reassurances, and tools to try to manage tempers and tantrums. Includes a "Note to Parents and Caregivers" that offers explanations for identifying and managing anger.
32 pages, Hardcover
Published March 19, 2018
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May 25, 2021
Because feelings are all around us and aren't going anywhere (nor should they), it is important know how to cope with them. This book deals specifically with anger, though you could apply the same strategies here to other feelings as well (specifically worry and anxiety). Find a method that works right for you and channel your 'little temper' so that it doesn't control you, but you control it. :)
June 18, 2021
One of my new favorite books of the year, there's great advice for tackling worries right away, before they get to big. From talking about it, focusing on your breathing, getting some exercise, and a new one for me - visual imagery. Imagine throwing your worries into a box, just try it!
November 4, 2017
Very good kid friendly advice to assess and cope with anxiety.
October 12, 2018
This is a great book for kiddos who worry even just a little bit. We've read it several times and always leads to good conversation.
September 4, 2024
The book "A Feel Better Book: For Little Worriers" by Holly Brochmann and Leah Bowen is a picture book designed to help young kids who might be unfamiliar with feelings of anxiety or worry recognize what these feelings are, why they happen, and strategies to use to calm calm down and distract your mind and body from the anxious thoughts. This book is written as a rhyme so it is easier for the young readers to catch on to and remember in future situations. The pictures are very detailed, bright, and endearring, offering great examples of what worry might look like (in many forms) and also depicting illustrations of kids doing the strategies mentioned in the book to help calm down. This was a very enjoyable read for me, and I think that it is important to include in a classroom because oftentimes mental health/anxiety struggles are not talked about with students until they reach middle/highschool. Younger, early childhood students experience feelings of worry and anxiety too, and it is important they know what these feelings are and that there are ways to help them feel better. Also, this book makes it very clear that it is OKAY to talk about worries and anxiety, these feelings are nothing to be ashamed of! The lesson of this book is fantastic and I definately recommend it to teachers to have as part of their classroom reading!
October 27, 2020
I really liked this book for the topic of anxiety and mental health. I thought this book is a good selection for my topic of anxiety among young children. the illustrations match the words and the descriptions. it describes to young children what worries are and what they can feel like. It also explains how you can get rid of them. Book does a good job of normalizing anxiety from a young age. I think society has does a better job in recognizes mental health issues, but if we can teach children from a young age that it is okay to feel anxious. then I think we will make huge progress.
January 23, 2020
Emotions: Anger, Anxiety, Sadness
Rhyming text helps children process strong, common emotions through movement, breathing exercises, and imagination techniques. Illustrations are full of opportunities for readers to expand upon the text, including words and situations that may be relatable to the listener.
Supplementary material includes three pages of notes for caregivers.
Reviewed by: Miss Kelsey, Youth and School Services, Vernon Area Public Library
Rhyming text helps children process strong, common emotions through movement, breathing exercises, and imagination techniques. Illustrations are full of opportunities for readers to expand upon the text, including words and situations that may be relatable to the listener.
Supplementary material includes three pages of notes for caregivers.
Reviewed by: Miss Kelsey, Youth and School Services, Vernon Area Public Library
June 10, 2020
Trigger warning: it tries to rhyme.
I appreciate that the caretakers' guide at the back of this book explains anxiety, and can give adults some language to connect with, but this book just misses the spirit of explaining the feeling to kids. Readers will be distracted by the stilted rhyme scheme, and I've read other books (Kevin Henkes' 'Wemberly Worried,' for instance) that better confront anxiety in a more mature (but kid-appropriate way).
I appreciate that the caretakers' guide at the back of this book explains anxiety, and can give adults some language to connect with, but this book just misses the spirit of explaining the feeling to kids. Readers will be distracted by the stilted rhyme scheme, and I've read other books (Kevin Henkes' 'Wemberly Worried,' for instance) that better confront anxiety in a more mature (but kid-appropriate way).
August 13, 2024
This helpful book teaches toddlers what to do when they feel angry and it also helps give a name to what they are feeling. The tip to take a deep breath in, a deep breath out, and then to wiggle your body has been helpful for my 22 month old. The book might be a bit too long for younger toddlers (kids under 2 years old), so I often shorten some of the sentences during my readings.
November 11, 2022
Not every thought should be listened to.
There was so much empathy in this story. That was exactly what I was hoping to find as it can be embarrassing for some kids (as well as some adults!) to talk about their mental health struggles if they don’t know how others will react to their concerns. Knowing that people will be kind and understanding about it is an important first step for many who are deciding whether they feel comfortable mentioning the scary thoughts that roll around in their heads.
I did find myself wishing that more time had been spent exploring what it feels like to be anxious. The symptoms the narrator mentioned were good ones, but there were a few others like headaches, stomachaches, and trouble settling down for bedtime that I thought were also important to include. Not every kid will experience them of course, but they’re common and troublesome enough that I think it’s a good idea for little worriers to know why they feel that way.
My favorite portions of this picture book were the ones that shared simple and effective ways to cope with worries. They were all easy things to remember that can help people of all ages who have anxiety. Honestly, I wish this book had existed when I was a kid because of how well it explained why some folks worry too much and what they can do to help themselves feel better.
A Feel Better Book for Little Worriers was a wonderfully reassuring read.
There was so much empathy in this story. That was exactly what I was hoping to find as it can be embarrassing for some kids (as well as some adults!) to talk about their mental health struggles if they don’t know how others will react to their concerns. Knowing that people will be kind and understanding about it is an important first step for many who are deciding whether they feel comfortable mentioning the scary thoughts that roll around in their heads.
I did find myself wishing that more time had been spent exploring what it feels like to be anxious. The symptoms the narrator mentioned were good ones, but there were a few others like headaches, stomachaches, and trouble settling down for bedtime that I thought were also important to include. Not every kid will experience them of course, but they’re common and troublesome enough that I think it’s a good idea for little worriers to know why they feel that way.
My favorite portions of this picture book were the ones that shared simple and effective ways to cope with worries. They were all easy things to remember that can help people of all ages who have anxiety. Honestly, I wish this book had existed when I was a kid because of how well it explained why some folks worry too much and what they can do to help themselves feel better.
A Feel Better Book for Little Worriers was a wonderfully reassuring read.
July 23, 2019
Super cute but still practical. In other words, I think kids would like to see someone who is maybe having some intense feelings like them and be able to say, "Hey, I feel like that too!" But in addition to this, the book is still illustrated nicely and had a good reading flow to it.
December 10, 2024
I enjoyed the simple illustrations and the concepts for helping children to calm down when they are feeling overwhelmed by their emotions, but the rhyming was awkward.
February 24, 2024
Age: Preschool-Kindergarten
Emotions: Anger, Anxiety, Sadness
Rhyming text helps children process strong, common emotions through movement, breathing exercises, and imagination techniques. Illustrations are full of opportunities for readers to expand upon the text, including words and situations that may be relatable to the listener.
Supplementary material includes three pages of notes for caregivers.
Emotions: Anger, Anxiety, Sadness
Rhyming text helps children process strong, common emotions through movement, breathing exercises, and imagination techniques. Illustrations are full of opportunities for readers to expand upon the text, including words and situations that may be relatable to the listener.
Supplementary material includes three pages of notes for caregivers.
June 4, 2018
While a little more sing-songy than I usually enjoy, this book has solid strategies for kids who are worried.
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