When the Anger Ogre Visits

by Andree Salom, Ivette Salom (Illustrator)

Overview

Use this playful, read-along story to teach that anger as a natural and manageable part of life.

"The Anger Ogre visits everybody's lives, just remember to be patient whenever it arrives."

When the Anger Ogre Visits gives children symbolic and concrete guidance about how to deal with anger as a natural part of their inner lives. Rather than squelching anger or pushing it away, the book invites children to sit with and observe anger, removing its overwhelming aspects. This playfully illustrated story, written in memorable rhyme, centers on discovering and using internal resources and portrays anger as manageable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614291664
Publisher:	Wisdom Publications MA
Publication date:	04/28/2015
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Andree Salom has been a clinical art therapist for over twelve years. She is a founding member of the Colombian Art Therapy Association and an advocate for the development of art therapy in Colombia. Andee works with both adults and children to open creative paths for health and development through mindfulness, art, and emotional education. She is the author of a number of children's books in Spanish and lives in Bogota, Colombia.

Editorial Reviews

02/23/2015
Art therapist Andrée Salom focuses on teaching children to recognize emotions—specifically, anger—as a first step toward coping with them. She gives examples of how anger feels in the body (“If the Anger Ogre is still swollen, tense, and hot,/ Offer it some honey of the sweetest kind you’ve got”), then offers suggestions for changing those feelings: relax, pay attention, and breathe. Ivette Salom’s colorful illustrations—which are heavy on the red-orange palette, suggesting anger—of children and creatures are lively and slightly Seussian. The drawings of the Anger Ogre, though, may be a bit scary for very young readers, but, if read with a parent or caregiver, this simple rhyming tale can help children recognize their angry feelings and learn a process for how to manage them. Andrée Salom teaches basic mindfulness, a trend in today’s classrooms, in a way that is imaginative, simple, and even fun. Overall, this succeeds at making sophisticated psychological information accessible to even the youngest children. Ages 3–7. (Apr.)

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