When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry... was written by Molly Bang in 1999. It was a 2000 Caldecott Honor Book and also won the Charlotte Zolotow Award the same year.
This book is about a young girl named Sophie who loses her temper when her sister takes her toy gorilla away. She gets really, really angry. The book shows how she copes with her anger by kicking, screaming, and running away to a quiet place in the woods. There she cries and gets over what made her mad by enjoying the beautiful surroundings. Then she goes home and she and her family is glad she's back.
This book won the Caldecott honor award for the illustrations. Sophie's feelings were captured through the use of color. When she was angry, the artist used warm colors such as red, yellow, and orange to portray anger. In the scenes, when Sophie calms down cool colors such as blues and greens are used. Sound effects such as "explode!" and "squeak" are integrated into the illustrations.
I can associate with the character, Sophie. Sometimes, I lose my temper and kick and scream. Finding a quiet place does help relieve my anger. This book also reminds me of my 20 month old niece, Sheree, and the fits that she throws when she doesn't get her way.
This book teaches children that it's okay to get angry and introduces ways to cope with anger. This book could be used during character education to teach about good and bad ways to handle anger. It can also be used to teach about different feelings. Books such as this one are great tools that can be used to educate children about the hardships of life and also by teaching them how to cope with these struggles.
This book is about a young girl named Sophie who loses her temper when her sister takes her toy gorilla away. She gets really, really angry. The book shows how she copes with her anger by kicking, screaming, and running away to a quiet place in the woods. There she cries and gets over what made her mad by enjoying the beautiful surroundings. Then she goes home and she and her family is glad she's back.
This book won the Caldecott honor award for the illustrations. Sophie's feelings were captured through the use of color. When she was angry, the artist used warm colors such as red, yellow, and orange to portray anger. In the scenes, when Sophie calms down cool colors such as blues and greens are used. Sound effects such as "explode!" and "squeak" are integrated into the illustrations.
I can associate with the character, Sophie. Sometimes, I lose my temper and kick and scream. Finding a quiet place does help relieve my anger. This book also reminds me of my 20 month old niece, Sheree, and the fits that she throws when she doesn't get her way.
This book teaches children that it's okay to get angry and introduces ways to cope with anger. This book could be used during character education to teach about good and bad ways to handle anger. It can also be used to teach about different feelings. Books such as this one are great tools that can be used to educate children about the hardships of life and also by teaching them how to cope with these struggles.
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