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4.59 AVERAGE
4.59 AVERAGE
Cute story
Nice book on working and teaching to work with anger or difficult emotions. I would recommend this book for children and students.
Nice book on working and teaching to work with anger or difficult emotions. I would recommend this book for children and students.
As message books go, this definitely tops the list. This was published from a branch of the company that does Thich Nhat Hanh's books and this book was a "tremendous inspiration" for this story.
In it, Anh gets angry about having to stop playing and his grandfather tells him to go and sit with his anger for a while. At first he doesn't know how, but when his anger shows up - and his anger is SO COOL LOOKING!!!! (like you don't want to stop looking at it, which is kind of how anger FEELS too) - they howl and beat the floor together and eventually just sit together.
The best part for me is when his grandfather comes in to talk to Anh about what happened and congratulates Anh on having taken "good care" of his anger. This idea, that anger isn't something to be conquered, but something to be loved and embraced, that there is pleasure in anger, is SO powerful. It makes anger stop being a weapon and turns it into something entirely different. Like a baby that can't control itself maybe? Not sure, but I AM sure it is great.
Also awesome is that this isn't just a message book for kids about sitting with their anger (and how to do that), it's also a message book for adults who take care of children. His grandfather gives him clear expectations and then removes Anh from the situation when it's not working. But it's clear that sending him to his room is not a punishment, even if it might feel that way to Anh (tho whether it does or not is not addressed), it is a way for him to help Anh get centered again. And when he comes in to talk, and Anh apologizes, the first thing out of grandfather's mouth is "thank you for your kind words," not a remonstration for his behavior.
On top of my absolute adoration of this as a manual for How To Live Well (not to mention mindfully), this book has AWESOME illustrations. I think Anh looks like a really neat kid, and grandfather looks really kind, but the character who steals the show is Anh's Anger. Unlike the drawn images of Anh and his grandfather, and like the backgrounds of the pages, it's multimedia collage. Anger is frayed red cloth with other things stuck on top. And that description sucked. But it's awesome (even though I don't think it makes it into my top 15 illustrated books, I'm STILL going to give it 5 stars). And totally read-aloud length. And very well-written. Go get your hands on it!
In it, Anh gets angry about having to stop playing and his grandfather tells him to go and sit with his anger for a while. At first he doesn't know how, but when his anger shows up - and his anger is SO COOL LOOKING!!!! (like you don't want to stop looking at it, which is kind of how anger FEELS too) - they howl and beat the floor together and eventually just sit together.
The best part for me is when his grandfather comes in to talk to Anh about what happened and congratulates Anh on having taken "good care" of his anger. This idea, that anger isn't something to be conquered, but something to be loved and embraced, that there is pleasure in anger, is SO powerful. It makes anger stop being a weapon and turns it into something entirely different. Like a baby that can't control itself maybe? Not sure, but I AM sure it is great.
Also awesome is that this isn't just a message book for kids about sitting with their anger (and how to do that), it's also a message book for adults who take care of children. His grandfather gives him clear expectations and then removes Anh from the situation when it's not working. But it's clear that sending him to his room is not a punishment, even if it might feel that way to Anh (tho whether it does or not is not addressed), it is a way for him to help Anh get centered again. And when he comes in to talk, and Anh apologizes, the first thing out of grandfather's mouth is "thank you for your kind words," not a remonstration for his behavior.
On top of my absolute adoration of this as a manual for How To Live Well (not to mention mindfully), this book has AWESOME illustrations. I think Anh looks like a really neat kid, and grandfather looks really kind, but the character who steals the show is Anh's Anger. Unlike the drawn images of Anh and his grandfather, and like the backgrounds of the pages, it's multimedia collage. Anger is frayed red cloth with other things stuck on top. And that description sucked. But it's awesome (even though I don't think it makes it into my top 15 illustrated books, I'm STILL going to give it 5 stars). And totally read-aloud length. And very well-written. Go get your hands on it!
What a creative take on anger: Anger as a playmate. Don't be afraid of your anger; interact with it, deal with it, and understand it. Where were these great books when I was a kid? My girls liked this story and at the end we practiced one of the activities Anh and his anger did together: banging on the floor. Well, we banged on the book so that it sounded like a drum but the effect was the same. And we did it for a full minute and were soothed. That sounds like a Bible verse.
Anyway, I liked the illustrations, too. Anger looked a little crazy but with that long tongue hanging out of its mouth it looked like one of our dogs and that kept the 8-year old from being scared. Anh took a meditation position in the illustrations, which helped the girls understand the breathing.
Prompted a good talk about anger and how we can deal with it. Highly recommended.
Anyway, I liked the illustrations, too. Anger looked a little crazy but with that long tongue hanging out of its mouth it looked like one of our dogs and that kept the 8-year old from being scared. Anh took a meditation position in the illustrations, which helped the girls understand the breathing.
Prompted a good talk about anger and how we can deal with it. Highly recommended.
This is just a beautiful book about emotions. Anger is presented as a natural and necessary part of life, not as a negative to be denied. Reading it lately has really been helping Alice and I talk about frustration.
Anh ran to his room and leapt onto his bed. His cries grew so strong he could feel them all the way down to his belly.
"How do I sit with my anger?" he wondered. "I'm so angry, angry, angry!"
I love this book! A little boy named Anh gets mad over a trivial thing, and his grandfather sends him to his room to "sit with" his anger. Anh's anger personifies as a hairy red monster who wants to wreak havoc on Anh's grandfather as revenge. Anh resists, though, and together Anh and his anger learn to express - and release - how he's feeling through movement and focused breathing. The anger, peacefully shrinking, tells Anh that he is an important emotion. The book doesn't villainize anger or Anh's inability to express himself immediately. Those are all lessons most adults could benefit from, let alone kids!