Meet Notfairy, Snappit & Gnawbit: the monsters that grow when you ignore them.
For independent readers ages 7 to 11. The playful, shape-shifting typography is designed for kids reading on their own; this is not a toddler read-aloud.
Anger doesn't knock. It arrives already shouting, and a child who feels it is usually ashamed afterwards. The Anger Monsters is Book 2 of The Emmonsters Manual, a 48-page illustrated story that gives anger three faces a child can talk to: Notfairy, who believes everything must be fair RIGHT NOW; Snappit, who explodes like a dragon; and Gnawbit, who turns up after you have hurt someone and makes you believe everything is your fault. Hidden inside the adventure are real CBT, DBT and mindfulness tools a child can use while the storm is still coming. It is a story, not a workbook, and it is short enough to finish.
Written by Oleksandra Volchan, a crisis psychologist, Gestalt therapist and mother of two girls, one of them with ADHD.
Best fit for reviewers who read with or alongside a child aged 7 to 11, work with children (teachers, counsellors, play therapists, librarians), or review middle-grade and illustrated fiction. Less good fit for reviewers who mainly review board books and toddler read-alouds; the age is the reason.
