Author/Editor: Andrée Salom
Publisher: Wisdom
Rating: WORTHY!
DISCLOSURE: Unlike the majority of reviews in this blog, I've neither bought this book nor borrowed it from the library. This is a "galley" copy ebook, supplied by Net Galley. I'm not receiving (nor will I expect to receive or accept) remuneration for this review. The chance to read a new book is reward aplenty!
Illustrated by Ivette Salom.
Here's a real charmer - the book, that is, not the anger ogre! The colored drawings are powerful, especially the one of the ogre, and I love the way it shrinks and becomes more pleasant as the 'disarmament steps' are followed.
Anger is so perfectly natural that it’s often not even noticed when it rears its ugly head, so it’s not so much that it arises that's the problem, as it is how you greet it when it gets here! This book is designed to offer solutions that are fun and easy to practice, and can really make the difference between situation I'm managing, and Man, I'm raging!
This book smartly offers simple things to think - when it’s hard to think coherently. It suggests simple things to do when you think you know exactly what you should do. It's told sweetly in verse, which is hard to get angry about, even at the worst of times!
Every child needs a good system in place for coping, whether it’s with anger or any other kind of strong emotion, and this is a really good place to start.
