Feelings and Emotions: Feeling Angry

This picture book story explores feelings of anger in a light-hearted way using everyday situations that children might be familiar with. This book shows different reasons why young people might become angry, illustrates scenarios of them behaving angrily, and gives advice on how to calm anger in yourself and to be able to help other people.

Ideal for home or classroom, this book contains notes for parents and teachers with suggestions of ways to help children deal with feeling angry.

Harry, wakes up to an angry dad running late for work and Harry helps the dad to calm down and take his time instead of rushing. At school, a small boy is angry with another child for taking his toy, so Harry helps them to take turns and keep calm. At home, Harry’s sister, Susie, has a tantrum because she wants to eat a biscuit but her mum says no because it’s nearly teatime. Harry helps to distract his sister and explain why she shouldn’t be angry with her mum. He also helps his mum to count to ten so that she isn’t angry with Susie! However, at bedtime, Harry isn’t ready to go to bed and it’s his turn to get angry. Time for his family to take Harry’s advice and help him manage his feelings.

Illustrated by the ever-popular and award-winning illustrator Mike Gordon, this book is part of a series of stories about feelings and emotions for 4 to 8-year-old children, which help children to understand their feelings and work out the best way to deal with them. This will boost their self-esteem and reinforce good behaviour. They support the Personal, Social and Emotional Development Area of Learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Author Biography

Katie Douglass has written many non-fiction titles for children, specialising in social issues for young children. She has a particular interest in educating children about their emotional health and wellbeing.