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The Color Monster: A Story about Emotions Hardcover – Picture Book, 4 September 2018

by Anna Llenas (Author)

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Unpack feelings with color in this international bestseller that helps young readers identify emotions and feel more in control -- now in board book.
One day, Color Monster wakes up feeling very confused. His emotions are all over the place; he feels angry, happy, calm, sad, and scared all at once! To help him, a little girl shows him what each feeling means through color. As this adorable monster learns to sort and define his mixed up emotions, he gains self-awareness and peace as a result. Everyone will enjoy sharing this concept book that taps into both socio-emotional growth and color concepts in a simple, friendly way.

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Language: : English
Hardcover : 40 pages
ISBN-10 : 0316450014
ISBN-13 : 978-0316450010
Reading age : 3 - 6 years

Best Sellers Rank: 10,892 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 23 in Horror & Ghost Stories for Children
- 28 in Children's Early Learning Books on Colours
- 96 in Children's Books on Self-Esteem & Self-Respect

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2019 International Literacy Association/Children's Book Council Children's Choices ListOver 25 translations for The Color MonsterMore than 1.5 million copies sold internationally---

"[An] inviting exploration of colors and emotions.... The story should resonate with children whose emotions are not always easy to control."--The Horn Book

"Helps process emotions using beautiful, affirming language.... Visually rich and poetically told."--Booklist

"Llenas finds an approachable way for kids to identify feelings, and allows for the understanding that one can have many emotions at once... A great guide and conversation starter."--School Library Journal

"The multimedia illustrations are downright splendid."--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Anna Llenas is an author, illustrator, and art therapist. Before creating her worldwide favorite The Color Monster, she was a graphic designer and creative director, working with top brands in Spain. Anna is the creator of Products Anna Llenas, a brand of clever home goods, and also the author of Little Mole, Labyrinth of the Soul, The Emptiness, I Love You (Almost Always), The Sun Is Late, If I Were a Cat, Journal of Emotions, and What's the Matter, Miola? In addition, she illustrated Ratolina Goes to the Circus. She lives in Barcelona.

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Kristy SD

Not my favorite as a school counselor

30 April 2019 - Published on Amazon.com

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Cute book, but as a school counselor the premise that we feel lots of feelings falls a little flat in this one. Also, for others who might use the Zones in their practice this does NOT align with the colors and feelings and is very confusing to kids who know them (like my students do). Well illustrated, though!

99 people found this helpful

Portia James-McKnight

So close but not quite. I did however make some changes to the book myself! *see photos

9 September 2020 - Published on Amazon.com

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This book was nearly ideal for us but....some of the messages seemed unfinished.

1) Anger. That was big WTF for me. ‘Sometimes you want to take out your anger on others. But I’ll be nice to you, Color Monster, and your anger will disappear.’ ..............hmmmmm........soooooo okay......what do you do with that anger instead? Is it okay to be mean to someone and take out your anger on them? And the message of, ‘when you’re angry, life can feel unfair:’ That felt unfinished to me and self defeating so I added, ‘even if it’s not.’

2. Fear. That was minor but I added, ‘you are brave!’

3. The end of the book. That felt unfinished to me too. Now that you have the emotions all sorted and identified what then???? All better? I added, ‘you know what they are. It’s okay to to feel and have all of your feelings.’ I’ll add to that after I have read the book to my kids that all of the Monster’s feelings are sorted out and identified so he knows what they are called and how it makes him feel.

This book is for my 2 and 5 year olds so I tried to keep my edits about their understanding of things and have talking/teaching opportunities

63 people found this helpful

Wisconsin Lady

Good concept but is lacking

19 August 2019 - Published on Amazon.com

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The way the author describes how some basic emotions feel to a child is very nicely written. Simple, clear language, and spot on. It gives the child a great way to verbalize an emotion when parents ask “what’s wrong?” or says “use your words”. It’s a vitally important skill for a child learning to identify and manage emotions.

Understanding how they feel and learning to describe it is a big step for a child, but it’s only the first step. What are they supposed do do about it?

I am very disappointed with the book overall because there’s a monster of a disconnect. The author identifies several emotions and assigns each one a color. At the end of the book each emotion is shown in its own bottle. However, the author doesn’t explain to the child HOW they are supposed to get past an emotional episode, especially an uncomfortable one. No suggestion are given to help a child learn strategies to overcome an episode. HOW does a child put an emotion in a bottle?

Isn’t the concept of “bottling up” one’s emotions an undesirable strategy for dealing with emotions when a child is fearful, angry, frustrated, etc.? Is the author suggesting that is the way for a child to manage their emotions?

I am returning this book. There are really good books to help kids learn ways to manage situations where they are fussy, angry, sad, frustrated, etc., such as “B is for Breathe”.

83 people found this helpful

Belen Harris

Wish anger was handled better

27 December 2019 - Published on Amazon.com

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I bought this book to read to my struggling 3 yr old. As a lover of psychology, I know he is simply in a stage of development and needs a little more scaffolding.
However, having been married to an addict, the idea of "I'll be nice and your anger will disappear" is harmful. Being nice to an abusive person won't stop the cycle. A soft answer can turn away wrath, so to speak, but it is easily mistaken for taking responsibility for another's emotions and choices. When I read it, I modify it.

Beautiful book in other aspects!

24 people found this helpful

ooolawlawson

Perfect for teaching emotional intelligence

11 February 2020 - Published on Amazon.com

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We love this book! My three-year-old loves pointing out which emotion is on which page.
Happiness, sadness, angry, fear, calm, and LOVED! There are 4 pages dedicated to each emotion. UPDATE: 7 months later and my son is at the stage of choosing appropriate colors to convey certain art. We used crayons to depict different feelings via colors and pictures the other day and he chose every color/emotion so appropriately and it’s in large thanks to THIS book!! He chose black for fear, red for anger, yellow for happy, red for loved, etc.. it’s a wonderful socio-emotional intelligence book!

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