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A great resource for teaching children about their conflicting emotions!
Change can be difficult. That's because you're requiredto step out of your comfort zone or familiar world, intothe unknown. Happy Hippo knows how to cope with change by seeing things in a different, happy way.
Even though he and his parents are moving away fromwhat Happy Hippo knows, he remains positive, thinkingabout all the great things he will do and the new friends he'll make in the new city.
The storybook teaches children how to`
develop their emotions to express themselves in a positive way.
understand that experiencing emotions is normal and that everyone feels them.
understand others' feelings.
Learning how to handle one's emotions is something that is difficult for us adults, and can be even more challenging for children without the proper tools to teach them how to do so.
Books like Happy Hippo are slowly becoming more relevant as adults are realizing the lack of emotional awareness taught to children. This book specifically is geared for a very young audience, ages 5 to 10, and relates to the emotion of wanting to be happy about a new change, but may be dealing with a little bit of doubt and stubbornness too.
Happy Hippo learns that he's moving to a new city. Very exciting, but also scary for sure! He has lots of cool things to look forward to, so in spite of his reservations, he puts on a smile and tries to focus on the happy things...until he runs into his friends Shy Hippo and Stubborn Hippo. Shy Hippo begins to introduce doubts about meeting new friends and Stubborn Hippo recounts many, many reasons why Happy Hippo should NOT be happy. However, through it all, Happy Hippo never loses his "happy" and teaches children how to handle those conflicting emotions without pretending the negative emotions don't exist.
I really thought this message was well-done, especially for this age group. Each character is true to their representation of emotion and never falls out of character (which I've found to be common in many kid's books like this), so that was welcome! The illustrations are great and fun, I love the colors! Overall, I was very pleased with Happy Hippo and would love to get my hands on the rest of this series!
I received this book for free from the author, however, this is a voluntary review. All comments and opinions are entirely my own.
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Rayleigh is a small-town, Texas girl who has only a *slight* addiction to books. She has spent the last 11 years reviewing books of all genres on LiteratureApproved.com (a blog with over 1k subscribers). She co-writes fantasy books with her fellow nerd husband under the pen name "R.J.Setser".
Synopsis
Change can be difficult. That's because you're requiredto step out of your comfort zone or familiar world, intothe unknown. Happy Hippo knows how to cope with change by seeing things in a different, happy way.
Even though he and his parents are moving away fromwhat Happy Hippo knows, he remains positive, thinkingabout all the great things he will do and the new friends he'll make in the new city.
The storybook teaches children how to`
develop their emotions to express themselves in a positive way.
understand that experiencing emotions is normal and that everyone feels them.
understand others' feelings.
About the author
My mission is to help children understand their emotions. Their future success in life depends on how well they are able to cope with their feelings in a healthy manner. The first step is to have an awareness of what exactly their emotions are, and then find the words to help describe them. view profile
Published on May 19, 2021
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