Angol
Nobody tells Bodhi to calm down.
Bodhi built the tallest tower of stones he had ever made. Then something bumped it, and down came all nine. The feeling started in his belly and went up and up until his ears were hot.
So he stomped away. Nobody chased him. Nobody called him back.
What he found instead were five friends who did not ask what was wrong and did not give him a single piece of advice. They simply kept being themselves, and Bodhi borrowed what he needed from each one. Between each friend comes a four line refrain your child will be chanting along with you by the second reading, and that you will end up using in the car.
What makes this book different:
Most calm down books promise that the difficult feeling goes away. This one does not. On the last page the big feeling is still there. It is just small enough to hold. That is the honest version of calming down, it is what actually happens in a small body, and it is a promise a grown-up can keep the same evening and never has to take back.
Inside the book:
