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It's OK to Cry
A Let’s Talk picture book to help children talk about their feelings
Series: Let's Talk
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Ideal for parents, carers, teachers, and practitioners working with young children, particularly boys, who want to foster healthy emotional expression and understanding. Suitable for early childhood education settings and family reading to initiate conversations about feelings and mental health.
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From the best-selling author of How Are You Feeling Today? comes a picture book that sensitively deals with developing emotional intelligence in young children.
Young children can find it really frustrating when they are unable to explain what they are feeling and express their emotions. Cue: this book! Written with boys in mind because they are often encouraged to suppress their feelings, Molly Potter covers a whole range of emotions from those that are uncomfortable to happy feelings where you care about yourself and other people.
Perfect for starting those all-important conversations, It's OK to Cry includes colourful illustrations, child-friendly strategies and vocabulary for managing feelings, and helpful notes for parents, carers and practitioners.
Let’s Talk books help you start meaningful conversations with your child. Written by an expert and covering topics like feelings, relationships, diversity and mental health, these comforting picture books support healthy discussion right from the start.
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Esteemed sources praise the book for its clear, accessible text and inclusive approach to emotional education. BookTrust calls it invaluable for developing emotional intelligence, while Books for Keeps highlights its capacity to prompt discussion and equip children with the ability to articulate their feelings. The friendly illustrations by Sarah Jennings are noted for enhancing the book’s appeal. Reading Zone recommends it for all primary classrooms and homes, particularly supporting boys in expressing emotions openly and calmly.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781472942425
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 11 June 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Featherstone
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Sarah Jennings
- Illustrated by Sarah Jennings
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 256.0mm
Height: 252.0mm
Weight: 376g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Molly Potter taught for 11 years in middle schools as a class teacher, science and PSHE co-ordinator. She then worked for several years as an SRE (Sex and Relationships Education) Development Manager, delivering teacher training and supporting primary schools in the development of their SRE programme and policy and many other aspects of PSHE. Molly now works as a teacher in a short-stay school with children that have been or are at risk from being excluded from mainstream schools – putting much of her PSHE expertise into practice.
Sarah Jennings has been illustrating children's books since graduating in 2013. At a young age she discovered a love of drawing and has been scribbling and sketching ever since. Sarah enjoys combining traditional and digital techniques to create her illustrations and particularly loves designing characters. She currently lives in London and works from her home studio in the company of her very cheeky three-legged cat.
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