Ian De Haes

Spring 2018:

Thank you to Ian De Haes, Flyaway Books, and Library thing for this honest review advanced copy of "Simon and the Big, Bad, Angry, Beasts: A Book About Anger."

A bright, colorful and straight to the point book about what anger can both look like to children, and how powerful it can be when it doesn't abate. It's a short story about what happens when you continuing to get your way, through your anger (which is manifested as multiple fantastic beasts in the book), and how we push people away through it.

It comes full circle in the recognizing what these two things to and the lacks they leave in your own life, as well as how to fix it again. I definitely will be picking up a copy of this to send for my young nieces and nephews.… (mehr)

Simon gets angry and ferocious monsters appear! He thinks that it is great to have such scary creatures scare away the things that make him mad until no one wants to play with him anymore. Simon has to learn to calm down in order to find friends again. I LOVE this picture book! I think it is a great way to get children to visualize anger and how we show our anger to others when we don't realize it as well as how to calm down. I also enjoyed the chorus, "It was great, it was marvelous, it was magical..." Students will enjoy reading this at home and at school.… (mehr)