The international best-seller that helps young children identify emotions and feel more in control is now available in a picture book format that shows how an adorable monster learns to sort and define his mixed-up emotions, gaining self-awareness and peace as a result. - (Baker & Taylor)
Unpack feelings using color with this bestselling character who helps young readers identify emotions and feel more in control.
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.
Perfect for:- Reading to children who have strong emotions
- Starting conversations about feelings
- Introducing color concepts
- Inspiring art activities using colors with emotions themes
- Counselors, therapists, social workers, and caregivers of all kinds
Read all three books about The Color Monster!The Color MonsterThe Color Monster Goes to School
Dr. Color Monster and the Emotions Toolkit - (
Grand Central Pub)
Unpack feelings with color in this international bestseller that helps young readers identify emotions and feel more in control.
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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HARPERCOLL)
Anna Llenas is an artist, author, and illustrator of books that talk about emotions, including The Color Monster, The Color Monster Goes to School, and Dr. Color Monster. In her work as an art therapist, she has been able to experience the power that art has to heal and transform people, individually and collectively. She lives in Spain. - (Grand Central Pub)
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.
- (HARPERCOLL)
Booklist Reviews
The Color Monster woke up with his emotions all in a jumble, so he needs help separating them into jars. Yellow is happiness, blue is sadness, green is calm. In the end, with his emotions sorted and easy to process, he has room for a new color—a positive, loving pink—to take over. It is no surprise that Llenas is an art therapist with a background in emotional education, as this book helps process emotions using beautiful, affirming language (it's okay to cry, fear can make you feel tiny, etc.). What is surprising is that a debut picture book can be so visually rich and poetically told. The mixed-media collage artwork, utilizing everything from cardboard to graph paper to Spanish-language newspaper, gives each spread an appealing, tactile, three-dimensional look, and there is a particularly gorgeous two-page spread with Color Monster flinging his anger in red-paint splashes across the opposite page. This insightful read-aloud is a strong addition for everything from a color-themed storytime to a parenting collection. Preschool-Grade 2. Copyright 2018 Booklist Reviews.
