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Demonstrates that "hands are not for hitting" by suggesting many positive uses for them, such as saying hello, playing, creating, and helping.

Horace feels really mean at the end of a bad day, until he helps his mother make Mean Soup.

Everyone gets angry, so it's never too early for children to learn to recognize feelings of anger, express them, and build skills for coping with anger in helpful, appropriate ways. Children learn that it is okay to feel angry-but not okay to hurt anyone with actions or words. They discover concrete skills for working through anger: self-calming, thinking, getting help from a trusted person, talking and listening, apologizing, being patient, and viewing...

"No hitting baby brother! What can you hit? Pots and pans! Your little one will love learning to say NO to hitting and YES to fun!."--P. [4] of cover.

"A little girl has a wonderful idea. With the help of her canine assistant, she is going to make the most magnificent thing! She knows just how it will look. She knows just how it will work. But making the most magnificent thing turns out to be harder than she thinks." --

Josh had been living in a group home after being ratted out by Scott, his one-time best friend.

Now Josh has moved in with his brother and overbearing sister-in-law and has been sent to a class designed to teach him to deal with his anger. When an old enemy continues to push his buttons and Scott appears to be up to his old tricks, Josh struggles to control his temper. Framed for a crime he didn't commit, it will take all

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This Level 1 guided reader explores the feeling of anger. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about their feelings.

Text and pictures relate situations which sometimes result in such reactions as frustration, anxiety, humiliation, and loss of control.

"Will Gauri's anger prevent her from enjoying the Holi festivities with her family?"--