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In Anh’s Anger, five-year-old Anh becomes enraged when his grandfather asks him to stop playing and come to the dinner table. The grandfather helps Anh fully experience all stages of anger by suggesting that he go to his room and, "sit with his anger." The story unfolds when Anh discovers what it means to sit with his anger. He comes to know his anger in the first person as his anger comes to life in full color and personality. Anh and his anger work through feelings together with humor and honesty to find a way to constructively release their thoughts and emotions and to reach resolve with Anh’s grandfather.
The story is beautifully illustrated with handmade collages by New York artist and childrens book illustrator Christiane Kromer. Each collage is a mix of paper, acrylic, and cardboard, and found materials. The materials reflect the connection between the characters and their environment and are indicative of the wide range of emotions that come together in the story.
Anh’s Anger teaches children that it is okay to feel angry, and shows the technique, often used by child therapists, of externalizing the emotion. Through taking time to "sit’ with his anger, a young child is able to see his anger and talk to it and together they move through the journey of experiencing the different stages of anger until the feeling subsides and finally resolve. Anh’s Anger differs significantly from other books on anger resolution techniques in showing that the child is able to talk about what transpired and accept responsibility for hurtful things that he may have said or done.
The author’s intention is to help parents understand that there is an alternative to "time out’s" as a means of helping children to express themselves when feeling angry, while providing children with a mechanism for internal dialogue during a "time out" or when "sitting" with their anger.
Through reading the story, children will learn to acknowledge anger when it arises, understand the cause of their anger, and ultimately feel safe expressing themselves and accepting accountability for their actions when appropriate. By learning these skills, children, will grow comfortable with them and carry them into adulthood with ease and confidence.
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781935209775
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 2.7
- Lexile® Measure: 500
- Interest Level: K-3(LG)
- Text Difficulty: 0-2
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November 1, 2009
Gr 1-3-This story, based on the teachings of Buddha, is similar to Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" (Harper & Row, 1963) in its trajectory, but anger is personified by a single wild creature. Sent to his room just before dinner for losing control, Anh is told by Grandfather to sit with his anger. "I'll come in when you're calm," he says. Alone, the five-year-old discovers the embodiment of his emotion in the form of a fuchsia-legged, red-faced, green-tongued monster. The child questions the creature about how it appeared. "Don't worry, Anh, I'm not a stranger. I'm the part of you that comes out when things don't go your way." They dance together, and then Anh sits and breathes, and quiets himself. A brief introduction to meditation is given: "With each in-breath, Anh's anger got a little bit smaller and with each out-breath, Anh felt a little better." In the resolution, Grandfather responds to the boy's apology simply by accepting him: "Thank you for your kind words." The mixed-media artwork includes paper and silk collages with realistic brush and pencil drawings of a child and his grandfather. With the guidance of loving adults, this gentle book may help children to acknowledge, accept, and work through their anger."Teresa Pfeifer, Alfred Zanetti Montessori Magnet School, Springfield, MA"Copyright 2009 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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January 1, 2010
After five-year-old Anh gets frustrated, cries, and scatters his blocks, Grandfather sends him to his room. There Anh meets a hairy, red-faced creature: his anger. Together, they howl and pound the floor. But after Anh sits still and breathes, his anger disappears. Based on Thich Nhat Hanh's Buddhist teachings, this time-out story's text is occasionally stiff, but the textured collages are expressive and striking.(Copyright 2010 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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February 1, 2017
EMOTIONS; SELF-AWARENESS; SELF-MANAGEMENT
Copyright 2017 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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