Today I'm a Monster: Parenting with Love. Children's Social-Emotional Intelligence and Behavior. Dealing with Kid's Anger and Difficult Feelings - Hardcover

Green; Agnes

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1532377932 ISBN 13: 9781532377938

Publisher: April Tale Books, 2018

Synopsis

Susan Orlean, THE NEW YORK TIMES, Page 8 of the Sunday Book Review. Oct. 14, 2018 ― "If you could require the president to read one book, what would it be? .... "Today I'm a Monster," written by Agnes Green and illustrated by Viktoriia Mykhalevych."

A CUTE STORY WITH A GREAT AND IMPORTANT MESSAGE

• Explains that angry feelings come and go
• Doing bad things doesn't make you bad
• A story is a good way to help children first recognize feelings
• Learn to treat each other better as well as be more tolerating
• Teaches us all that love and understanding make the difference
• AND showers the power of a mother's love

IT WILL DEEPLY TOUCH A MOTHER'S HEART
"I'll admit this brought tears to my eyes while reading it to my daughter. She has certainly been a monster today."
"I have to admit I actually got a little teary at the end of the book because the message really hit home for me as a mom."
DIFFERENT MESSAGES FOR DIFFERENT AGES:
"My three kids, ages 2 (almost 3), 5 and 9, all enjoyed the book and took home a different message from the story."
"Even my 9-year-old remarked, 'Wow, Mom, you really love us even when we misbehave. Moms really are amazing'."
AND

• Fun illustrations with rhyming text are spot-on
• Quickly captures children's attention

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About this title

From the Author

I would like to illuminate my thoughts on this story, explain why I made it this particular way, and why I believe it is really useful and therapeutic in the way it exists now.

As a mother of three, I know that periods of tantrums or aggressive behavior can be short-lived and limited to a single tantrum or quarrel or broken toy. But I also know that such episodes can be several in a day, and they can recur daily for quite a long time. The storyline unfolds throughout the entire day. Hyperbole is a common occurrence in children's literature.
This is to accommodate as many examples of bad behavior as possible so that children can truly recognize themselves in the main character.

This book is a work of art.
I didn't mean to make a teaching guide for children and parents.
It wasn't supposed to be explicitly moralizing and instructive book. I didn't want to talk about responsibility and punishment for bad behavior.
This is another story.
It aims to interest kids and make them think.

From my own experience, I know that children do not like to read about the consequences of bad behavior very much and would hardly return to such a story again.
Instead, I made this story thought-provoking and a good starter for talking. The main purpose of this book is to be the starter for an important conversation between the child and the parent after an episode of bad behavior. It is very often difficult to talk about feelings after a conflict.
And it is very important for the child to know that he is still loved, whatever happened.

So the main point is this book is to be a starter to important conversation.
Agnes Green

P.S. The fact is that I wrote this story mostly about myself and my children. And so the focus is on the mother-child relationship. This connection and its intimacy and importance for the child are emphasized.

Edition details

• Publisher: April Tale Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1532377932
• ISBN 13: 9781532377938
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Mykhalevych, Viktoriia
• Number of pages: 34