Winner of the Moonbeams Children's Mind, Body, Spirit Bronze Medal! An engaging and interactive story showing children ages 3-6 the power of breath when dealing with new and difficult emotions. Read aloud and breathe along with this sweet story teaching children how to navigate powerful emotions like anger, fear, sadness, confusion, anxiety, and loneliness. With rhythmic writing and engaging illustrations, Breathing Makes It Better guides children to breathe through their feelings and find calm with recurring cues to stop and take a breath. Simple guided practices, like imagining you are a tree blowing in the wind, follow each story to teach children how to apply mindfulness techniques when they need them the most.

Breathing Makes It Better: A Book for Sad Days, Mad Days, Glad Days, and All the Feelings In-Between

Children's Books

WILLARD, CHRISTOPHER

O'Leary, Wendy

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Bala Kids

An engaging story that helps children work with difficult emotions by imagining them as playful monsters in a parade (ages 3-7).\nWatch as the anger monster passes and the sadness monster disappears--it’s all part of the parade of feelings we experience every day. Instead of holding on to their emotions, kids can acknowledge them and let them go on their way.\nWhat’s happening in your parade today?\nHere’s the angry monster 
Headed this way 
It growls so loud 
But you know it won't stay\nFrom School Library Journal\nK-Gr 3-O'Leary and Landry beautifully lay out a path to help children navigate emotions. The story begins with the colorful image of young children pointing at monsters of all shapes, colors, and sizes as they ask about the parade of monsters representing all the various feelings that crop up all day long, no matter who you are. Being scared is demonstrated through children hiding in the dark under a blanket with the shadows of the monsters behind them, followed by the feeling of happiness reflected in smiling faces of the children on the page. As the story continues to portray the many emotions that march past, O'Leary instructs readers to take deep breaths so as not to let the emotions become overwhelming. The illustrations feature a diverse cast, human and otherwise, that makes the story relatable to preschoolers and elementary-age children alike. VERDICT In a world where things have become ever more challenging for children, this book does a marvelous job of explaining emotions and how to work through them.-Katie Callahanα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

The Monster Parade: A Book about Feeling All Your Feelings and Then Watching Them Go

This sweet book teaches children 3–7 the simple and profound power of self-compassion through simple affirmations that can be repeated when things are hard.\nAll too often kids get down on themselves when they experience things that make them sad, angry, guilty, or jealous. It’s amazing how powerful it can be to move past a difficult emotion when we think about all the other people feeling that same way and show ourselves some much needed kindness.\nSometimes I have to do something I don’t want to do. 
I feel really angry. . . . 
Then I remember that everyone feels angry sometimes. 
I put my hand on my heart, and here’s what I say: 
“It’s OK—I love you. I’m with you today.”\nThe main story is followed by 10 exercises focused on ways to develop self-compassion, such as Kind Voice, Kind Body, Kind Touch, and Hugging Breath.

It's OK: Being Kind to Yourself When Things Feel Hard

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Breathing Makes It Better: A Book for Sad Days, Mad Days, Glad Days, and All the Feelings In-Between

The Monster Parade: A Book about Feeling All Your Feelings and Then Watching Them Go

It's OK: Being Kind to Yourself When Things Feel Hard