It's OK to Cry: A Let's Talk picture book to help children talk about their feel

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From the best-selling author of How Are You Feeling Today? comes a picture book that sensitively deals with developing emotional intelligence in young children.Young children can find it really frustrating when they are unable to explain what they are feeling and express their emotions. Cue: this book! Written with boys in mind because they are often encouraged to suppress their feelings, Molly Potter covers a whole range of emotions from those that are uncomfortable to happy feelings where you care about yourself and other people.Perfect for starting those all-important conversations, It's OK to Cry includes colourful illustrations, child-friendly strategies and vocabulary for managing feelings, and helpful notes for parents, carers and practitioners.Let's Talk books help you start meaningful conversations with your child. Written by an expert and covering topics like feelings, relationships, diversity and mental health, these comforting picture books support healthy discussion right from the start.

FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Author Biography

Molly Potter taught for 11 years in middle schools as a class teacher, science and PSHE co-ordinator. She then worked for several years as an SRE (Sex and Relationships Education) Development Manager, delivering teacher training and supporting primary schools in the development of their SRE programme and policy and many other aspects of PSHE. Molly now works as a teacher in a short-stay school with children that have been or are at risk from being excluded from mainstream schools – putting much of her PSHE expertise into practice.Sarah Jennings has been illustrating children's books since graduating in 2013. At a young age she discovered a love of drawing and has been scribbling and sketching ever since. Sarah enjoys combining traditional and digital techniques to create her illustrations and particularly loves designing characters. She currently lives in London and works from her home studio in the company of her very cheeky three-legged cat.

Review

Emotions can be challenging to navigate, particularly for young children, and this accessible picture book will help them to recognise, talk about and understand their feelings [...] With notes for parents and carers, this invaluable book is ideal to help young children develop their emotional intelligence in a sensitive and considered way. * BookTrust *The text [...] is very clear and will prompt lots of discussion. Equipped with the ability to articulate to themselves and others exactly how they are feeling and why will enable children to deal with strong emotions. The illustrations by Sarah Jennings are fun and friendly, and Potter's approach will prove very helpful for children, parents and teachers alike. -- Chosen as book of the week * Books for Keeps *A must-have for all primary classrooms and homes in which parents want their boys to be able to express how they are feeling in a calm and open manner. * Reading Zone *It's OK to Cry is a book for sharing. It features many words for different emotions in a wide range of scenarios, so that your child will learn and get better at explaining how they feel. Learning to do this will help them understand their emotions and make it easier for them to deal with a whole range of emotions in an effective way, whether these feelings are comfortable, uncomfortable, positive or negative. -- Creative Steps MagazineThe book deals with positive and negative feelings and how all children can take steps to deal with them. The illustrations are colourful, diverse and inclusive, pages are not too text heavy, and there are plenty of ideas and concepts to explore further. * The School Librarian *This information book covers all kinds of feelings, breaking them down and explaining them in simple terms for children to understand. [...] The illustrations are beautiful, and will help children identify different feelings they will experience in daily life. Practical coping mechanisms for children are suggested and are an added bonus. -- Children's Books Ireland * Mind Yourself Reading Guide *

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From the best-selling author of How Are You Feeling Today? comes a picture book that sensitively deals with emotional literacy in young children, especially boys. Perfect for starting those all-important conversations, It's OK to Cry includes colourful illustrations, child-friendly strategies and vocabulary for managing feelings, and helpful notes for parents, carers and practitioners.

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The text [...] is very clear and will prompt lots of discussion. Equipped with the ability to articulate to themselves and others exactly how they are feeling and why will enable children to deal with strong emotions. The illustrations by Sarah Jennings are fun and friendly, and Potter's approach will prove very helpful for children, parents and teachers alike.

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From the best-selling author of How Are You Feeling Today? comes a picture book that sensitively deals with emotional literacy in young children, especially boys. Perfect for starting those all-important conversations, It's OK to Cry includes colourful illustrations, child-friendly strategies and vocabulary for managing feelings, and helpful notes for parents, carers and practitioners.

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A new title from the bestselling author of How Are You Feeling Today? and Will You Be My Friend?

Details ISBN1472942426 ISBN-10 1472942426 ISBN-13 9781472942425 Format Hardcover Pages 32 Language English Author Sarah Jennings Illustrator Sarah Jennings Year 2020 Publication Date 2020-06-11 DEWEY 152.4 UK Release Date 2020-06-11 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2020-06-11 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint Featherstone Subtitle A Let's Talk picture book to help children talk about their feelings Audience Children / Juvenile Series Let's Talk AU Release Date 2020-07-01 We've got this

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