School Reader Level 2: If You're Angry And You Know It [Paperback]

Cecily Kaiser (Author), Cary Pillo (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up

A beginning reader that tells children how to calmly and safely react if they're angry -- and they know it!

If you're angry and you know it,
and you really want to show it,
if you're angry and you know it,
STOMP YOUR FEET!

This Level 2 Scholastic Reader is perfect for young ones learning to sort out their emotions for the first time. Cecily Kaiser changes the lyrics to a favorite tune, telling children to do things like bang a drum, take deep breaths, and walk away when they're angry.

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About the Author

CECILY KAISER has written many books for children, including If You're Angry and You Know It. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Cartwheel Books (July 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 043972998X
• ISBN-13: 978-0439729987
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,110,423 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful in teaching young children to deal with anger and frustration., December 7, 2006

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tinams8 (new england) - See all my reviews

This review is from: School Reader Level 2: If You're Angry And You Know It (Paperback)

I have two boys. I bought this book for my son when he was three. I wanted it to teach him what anger is, some examples of situations which make you feel angry, and appropriate ways of dealing with anger. This book did just that.

The book is written in the form of the song "Happy and You Know It" only it's Angry, obviously, and that is how the text goes. Each verse of the song is depicted with a child in a difficult situation. As I read each page to my son (or sang it) I would ask him, "Who is angry in this picture? Why is he angry?" and then the next page would show the resolution, what the child did to deal with their anger.

Two examples from the book which I thought were great:

One boy is being teased by a friend. His solution is to walk away. The teasing friend looks sad as the boy leaves.
Another boy is having trouble building with blocks. His solution is to tell a friend. The friend then helps him build.

This book really seemed to help my son understand that anger and frustration are a normal part of life that we need to learn to deal with. We have seen him deal with frustrating situations by actually quoting a line from the book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book 4 the classrom, May 18, 2011

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This review is from: School Reader Level 2: If You're Angry And You Know It (Paperback)

This book is great for teaching in the classroom ! It's fun and easy to understand.It teaches great social skills.

12 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, September 3, 2005

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Reader in Virginia (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: School Reader Level 2: If You're Angry And You Know It (Paperback)

The book was written for beginning readers and I liked that aspect of the book. Scholastic usually doesn't let me down but it did in this case. The book discusses several ways of dealing with anger that are acceptable in some situations. However, most teachers and parents would agree that the coping strategies suggested aren't the best. I would have hoped that suggestions like, stomp your feet, would have been left out. Furthermore, one idea is to walk away (from a friend) and then on the next page is states to talk to a friend. Which is it? I feel that if young children read the book without discussing the story with an adult that they may come away with inappropriate strategies for dealing with anger.