Description
Too often, children and even adults are troubled by their uncontrollable behaviors and dominating personalities. In this insightful and revelatory story book, the author and illustrator have sympathetically revealed how our feelings occasionally rule our actions and how, through examining these behaviors, the reader can gain a better understanding and control of their emotions. Using ten contrasting behaviors, illustrative pairs of children display traits such as thoughtfulness and shyness. The lesson exposed here is that when someone is quiet, it may mean their thoughts and imagination are actively engaged. Sometimes children cannot control their impulses and hastily make mistakes, while others tend to carefully think before they act. Some people are more sensitive and cry easily, while others appear to have greater empathy for the feelings of others. We are all a bit different, and these variations mold our personalities. Colorful pages uncover emotions such as being communicative versus being gabbiness, daydreaming versus being focused, stinginess versus being just plain careful. These behaviors are all aspects that are sensitively and cleverly explored here for the young reader. The playful illustrations smoothly capture the gist of the text. This is a wonderful book for parents to explore with children, for groups of youngsters to interpret among themselves, and to find out how and why we behave the way we do.
