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Lessons of a LAC
It can be hard to stop worrying when you're a Little Anxious Creature!
Series: Lessons of a LAC
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Lessons of a LAC by Lynn Jenkins introduces readers to Loppy, an LAC, or ‘Little Anxiety Creature’. Loppy always focuses on what could go wrong and finds it challenging to stop worrying. In contrast, Curly the Calmster is the opposite, gently encouraging Loppy to think differently...
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See moreLessons of a LAC is an essential resource tool, presented in an engaging picture-book format, to help children manage their worries and anxieties. Through the characters of Loppy LAC (‘Little Anxiety Creature’) and Curly the Calmster, kids discover a useful way to think about their anxieties — the first crucial step in managing them.
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Description
Lessons of a LAC by Lynn Jenkins introduces readers to Loppy, an LAC, or ‘Little Anxiety Creature’. Loppy always focuses on what could go wrong and finds it challenging to stop worrying. In contrast, Curly the Calmster is the opposite, gently encouraging Loppy to think differently about his worries.
As the story unfolds, Loppy, along with the readers, learns simple and effective ways to reframe their thoughts and discover the right words to reassure themselves when feeling anxious or worried. The book emphasises that just because bad things might happen, it doesn’t mean they will.
This engaging picture book offers readers a unique way to think about their worries and the feelings associated with anxiety. Understanding these 'worry feelings' empowers them, while learning that there is an alternative to constant worrying brings relief.
Lessons of a LAC is the first book in the 'Lessons of a LAC' series. This beautiful series, created by an author and illustrator passionate about providing children with tools to manage common emotional difficulties, serves as a valuable resource for every child, guiding their emotional development.
Series: Lessons of a LAC
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Tree
The fifth book in the popular ‘Lessons of a LAC’ series, Tree is a gentle story of loss that helps children to learn how to say goodbye and process grief. Tree is the much-loved centrepiece of the community, where Calmsters and Little Anxious Creatures come to relax, play and socialize. But one day Curly and Loppy notice that Tree’s leaves...Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Lessons of a LAC
Lessons of a LAC by Lynn Jenkins introduces readers to Loppy, an LAC, or ‘Little Anxiety Creature’. Loppy always focuses on what could go wrong and finds it challenging to stop worrying. In contrast, Curly the Calmster is the opposite, gently encouraging Loppy to think differently about his worries. As the story unfolds, Loppy, along with the readers, learns simple...Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Brave
Have you ever needed to do something that made you nervous, even just thinking about doing it? Kids do all the time. Going to bed, weathering storms, going to school, speaking in class, making a new friend, and so on. Children are expected to just get on with it! What they need is to find their BRAVE—something that is inside...Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Grey-glasses-itis
The fourth book in the popular ‘Lessons of a LAC’ series, Grey-glasses-itis helps children to understand the link between how they see things and how they feel. Loppy notices that he feels differently when he looks at the world around him through different-coloured glasses. When he’s using green glasses, he feels relaxed. When he’s using yellow glasses, he feels cheerful....Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Perfect Petunias
Loppy the Little Anxious Creature is very worried about not doing his homework well enough. He always focuses on what he’s done wrong rather than right, and often becomes very frustrated with himself. In this book of encouragement for those little people who find it hard to make mistakes, Loppy learns that 'perfect' means trying your best, and not worrying...Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781925335828
Publisher: Exisle Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 April 2018
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: EK Books
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Kirrili Lonergan
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 229.0mm
Height: 305.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Lynn Jenkins is a clinical psychologist, author and mother. Lynn is passionate about early intervention in the social and emotional development of children. Kirrili Lonergan is a children’s book illustrator passionate about illustrating picture books that have a ‘healing’ message.
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