What Are You So Grumpy About? By Tom Linchtenheld
GOOD FOR SOCIAL SKILL/ PRAGMATIC DEVELOPMENT
The dog days of summer have arrived! Along with fun of beach vacations and splashing at the pool comes the inevitable boredom of entertaining yourself during the long, hot days. This month’s book, What Are You So Grumpy About?, is the perfect tool to help your children explore and hopefully giggle about some of the emotions they are experiencing.
What Are You So Grumpy About? By: Tom Lichtenheld is a fun way to for children to recognize and identify emotions such as anger, frustration, boredom, happiness. This books offers opportunities for parents to promote problem solving and empathy discussion with school-aged children.
A great cure for a kiddo’s bad temper is to redirect his or her attention toward something humorous. Lichtenheld demonstrates just how this works in a collection of large, double-spread cartoons depicting a variety of situations that might cause a rotten mood. Lichtenheld’s big, bold, broadly comic art style is perfect for the tone of the book and has solid child appeal. Give this one to grumpy kids, or even a parent in need of cheering up.
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