A Feel Better Book for Little Poopers

by Leah Bowen, Holly Brochmann, Shirley Ng-Benitez (Illustrator)

Overview

In lively, soothing rhyming text, this Feel Better Book helps little ones who are first learning to use the bathroom to understand that pooping doesn’t have to be uncomfortable or scary.

Pooping can feel like a BIG deal to a LITTLE kid!

It’s very confusing
when your head says no
but your body is saying
I really need to go!

The gentle and calming narration gives readers concrete coping strategies and practical advice. Authors Holly Brochmann and Leah Bowen offer an insightful Note to Parents and Caregivers with more information about helping little poopers to stay calm and have success!

Read all of the Feel Better Books! A Feel Better Book For Little Worriers, A Feel Better Book for Little Tears, A Feel Better Book for Little Poppers, A Feel Better Book for Little Tempers, and A Feel Better Book for Little Sports. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433834271
Publisher:	American Psychological Association
Publication date:	06/09/2020
Series:	Feel Better Books for Little Kids Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	22 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Sisters Leah Bowen and Holly Brochmann are dedicated wives, mothers, and authors, each passionate about contributing to a mentally and emotionally healthier society in a meaningful way. Leah has a master of education degree in counseling with a focus in play therapy. She is a licensed professional counselor and registered play therapist in the state of Texas where she currently practices, and she is committed to helping her child clients work through issues including trauma, depression, and anxiety. Holly has a degree in journalism and enjoys creative writing both as a hobby and as a primary part of her career in public relations. This is the sisters’ fourth book in the Feel Better Books for Little Kids series published by Magination Press. Both sisters live in Texas. Visit www.bsistersbooks.com and on Twitter and Instagram @bsistersbooks.

Shirley Ng-Benitez loves to draw and write! As an award-winning illustrator, Shirley’s honored to have illustrated over twenty books for children, including the three other books in the Feel Better Books for Little Kids series. She works in watercolors, gouache, colored pencil, and digital finishing, and is always trying new techniques. She’s the owner of gabbyandco.com, a design/illustration/lettering firm, lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her family and two kittens, and is currently writing and illustrating her own stories for children. For more, please visit shirleyngbenitez.com and visit Shirley on Twitter and Instagram @shirleysillos.

Editorial Reviews

Kudos to Holly Brochmann and Leah Bowen for tackling this important topic for young children.

Children’s Books Heal

Kudos to Holly Brochmann and Leah Bowen for tackeling this important topic for young children.

Children’s Books Heal

2020-03-29
Help for kids whose No. 1 fear is going No. 2.

While shelves may groan with potty-training books, this bibliotherapeutic title is for kids who are already out of diapers but are afraid to poop on the toilet. A backmatter note to adults explains: “There is a common, but vicious cycle that happens when a child is scared to use the bathroom—they hold their poop in, subsequently become constipated, it hurts when it finally does come out, the pain creates fear so they hold it again, and the cycle is repeated over and over.” The rhymed verse of the main text offers a similar explanation directed at child readers: “You don’t want to go / in the potty like you should— / you’re worried and scared / that it won’t feel good.” The text goes on to offer validation of children’s fears, tips for relaxing, and the reassurance that everyone poops (to borrow Taro Gomi’s title line from his popular 1977 picture book). Both parts of the text (backmatter and the book proper) acknowledge the physical discomfort this cycle can cause as well as the social disruptions that can occur in a child’s life as a result. Ng-Benitez’s accompanying illustrations do not follow a sole child who overcomes a fear of pooping. Instead, pictures show diverse children at different stages of holding, then confronting and overcoming their fear.

Sure to help kids with this bummer of a problem, and their caregivers, too. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews