Puppy in My Head
A Book About Mindfulness
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Kids experience anxiety and can feel overwhelmed just like adults do, and this picture book serves as both a story and a step-by-step guide to help calm kids down. Ollie is the puppy living inside of our narrator's head, and when Ollie panics or is too energetic, the narrator feels that way, too! But she learns to handle the situation with her breath and her mindfulness, and by talking it out with an adult.
In plain language and with a rare sense of understanding and compassion, Elise Gravel tackles anxiety in children head-on with bold colors and whimsical illustrations. This picture book also features a note from a pediatrician on the importance of mental health.
Perfect for bedtime or the classroom, readers will walk away a little more well-equipped to handle the puppies in their own heads.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This conversational picture book by author-illustrator Gravel winningly imagines anxiety and stress as the first-person narrator's imaginary puppy, Ollie, who lives in their head. When golden-colored Ollie, a rabbit-eared, big-eyed, high-spirited canine, gets excited, he fills the narrator's brain with "too much noise," making it difficult for either to calm down. Luckily, the narrator, a child with light brown skin and dark brown hair, knows just what to do: "I take out my magical leash... my breath." The narrator also recognizes the efficacy of releasing energy via physical exercise, listening to their feelings, and talking to trusted adults. Gravel's simple comic-style illustrations and graphic typography pop against monochrome backgrounds, and she succeeds at introducing mindful coping techniques in a way that will appeal to even the youngest readers. Ages 4 8.
