Dudley and the Anger Suit

When he’s happy, he’s very happy. But when he gets mad, he gets very, very mad.

After a day filled with disappointments, Dudley puts on his Anger Suit, a fiery cloak that makes him feel invincible. With it, he believes he can finally show everyone just how angry he is. But the Anger Suit doesn’t solve Dudley’s problems. Instead, it begins to tighten and constrict, making it harder and harder for him to express himself at all. With the help of his family, Dudley discovers that anger doesn’t have to control him. He learns that he can choose how to respond to disappointment and find better ways to share his feelings.

Author Duncan Spratt Moran, a teacher with 37 years of classroom experience, understands how important social-emotional learning is in helping children grow into confident, compassionate, and emotionally healthy young adults. Dudley and the Anger Suit helps children understand anger, express their emotions, and develop healthy emotional regulation skills.

Parents, teachers, and caregivers will appreciate this fun, relatable story as a tool for starting important conversations about feelings and social-emotional learning.

Teacher, poet, and lifelong artist Duncan Spratt Moran has dedicated himself to creating art and helping adolescents unlock their critical thinking and creativity, guiding them on the path to becoming healthy young adults. From his childhood in Atlanta, Georgia, to his professional career in Northern Michigan, Duncan has always been enchanted by the beauty of nature, a love exuberantly reflected in his art.Duncan Moran received a BA from The Evergreen State College where he studied literature, history, mythology, and comparative religion, and holds an MFA in creative writing at Warren Wilson College. He has taught children and adults in schools and colleges for forty years: he served as Writer-in-Residence at the Suttons Bay Public Schools, was an adjunct professor of English at Northwestern Michigan College, and taught middle school Language Arts and Social Studies at the Pathfinder School in Traverse City, Michigan. He also shares his love of painting with youth and adults through art centers in Northern Michigan. He is the recipient of the Individual Artist Award in poetry from the Michigan Council for the Arts as well as three Best of Show awards for his painting in the Northern Michigan region. He has been fortunate to travel throughout his life which has deepened his appreciation for cultures of all kinds. Currently he lives with his wife, Heather Shaw, and their poodle, Pepe, and he makes art of one kind or another every day.