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Review: The Color Monster by Anna Llenas

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One day, the Color Monster wakes up very confused and doesn’t know how he feels. The young girl decides to help him separate his emotions, demonstrated with colors, and put them into jars to determine what he feels. Through this strategy they sort through each emotion and what it feels like. For each emotion, the book talks about things that one may enjoy doing or not enjoy doing while feeling this emotion. Doing this is a very easy to understand, relatable way for children to grasp the idea of emotions/feelings. The use of a monster is also a fun way to explain emotions. The artwork is well done and expertly matches the tone of the story with child-like illustrations and color choices. Each emotion also is given its own color which can potentially assist children with emotional literacy. Great for the reader who is learning how to separate and understand emotions and feelings.  

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Happy Right Now by Julie Berry

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Review: I’m Worried by Michael Black & Debbie Ridpath Ohi

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In this New York Times Bestseller; potato is worried! He’s not worried about just one thing, no, he is worried about anything and everything. He looks to his friends (a flamingo and a young girl) to tell him that nothing bad will happen, but they do not provide him with the support he anticipated. The three of them must work through the worry and understand that being worried is okay. Together, they learn that something good comes out of everything. In the end, Potato and Flamingo make a very silly decision out of fear. This book does a wonderful job of depicting the emotion of worry. It does not shy away from how scary a worry may be and accepts that it is okay to be worried. This is a great book for the reader who may be struggling with anxiety or excessive worrying. The use of potatoes and flamingos, along with the short sentence structure makes this book entertaining and easy to read.

Resources:

An interview where Michael Ian Black talks about why he felt the importance to writing this book: https://www.today.com/video/michael-ian-black-chats-about-his-children-s-book-i-m-worried-60493893889

A read aloud by Michael Ian Black.