Flustered Without Mustard: Finding Calm

Children, Students, Parents, Teachers, Counselors, and Mindfulness Coaches!


The story offers a variety of suggestions that could be used easily anytime. It could be read in 15 minutes, yet is meant to encourage lively discussions at home, in the classroom, or in the counseling office.


Author, Barbara 'Rhubarb' Haas, MA Education, blends decades of teaching from the Madeline Hunter days to the Kagan & Kagan era, studying and incorporating brain-based learning techniques into her classroom, and guiding students in managing their own wide range of emotions.


The whimsical watercolors by illustrator, Mary Ann 'JuneHog' Kruse, the author's sister, help readers to remember ways to calm, to tap into one's own inner strengths and wisdom.

Education includes academics and socio-emotional development. As parents and teachers know, emotions affect learning, whether it's the excitement of the first snowstorm or some hurt, disappointment, or fear. The importance of emotional development is recognized in schools nowadays, and students are taught character-building and conflict resolution skills.
Many teachers are using brain-based learning techniques to engage students and using these socio-emotional skills to their benefit. Slow breathing has been found to reduce anxiety and relieve stress. Schools and households around the world are enjoying the benefits of mindfulness techniques.


This book with wise suggestions for calming can be used to enhance thinking, enliven conversations, and motivate writing. It is a great resource for parents with toddlers, teachers Kindergarten to teenagers, as well as counselors.


May the playful rhymes and colorful illustrations put a twinkle in your eye.
May you always be young enough to enjoy picture books with a child.

Remember to breathe, breathe, breathe.
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   Barbara "Rhubarb" Haas livesinColorado's Rocky Mountains with her husband, Chris, and theirfurryfeline, Frank. She has been in the education field from theMadelineHunter to the Kagan & Kagan eras, has taught many ages andmanysubjects, and spent most of her career with 5th graders. She honedherwriting skills for her Masters in Education and courses beyond, aswellas grant writing for her Artists-in-Residence programs. She hashadseveral articles and poems published, and is delighted to shareherlatest adventure in word wranglin'.

About the Illustrator:
Mary Ann Kruse, June Hog Designs, is recognized for hervibrantwatercolor depictions of wildlife created with illustrativeauthenticity and a hint of artistic license for creative engagement.Fishes, birds,and bees are her usual subjects with their exceptionaltexture and hues, scales, feathers and fur. Honoring wildlife in theiressential rolesand paying tribute to their exquisite beauty, she nowadds humans to her whimsical artwork. She lives with two felines, Ursaand Zubenelgenubi(aka Zube) in Oregon's high desert where the scent ofsage meets gnarled juniper.