Genre: Children's 4-11 years
Published: February 24, 2024
Pages: 31
Who’s the boss? Awesome Dawson or his BIG emotions?
When Dawson is told to turn off the TV and go to bed, he huffs and puffs and kicks the couch. He’s not ready for bed just yet. When Dawson is told to put his shoes on for school, he shouts and pouts. He’d rather stay home and build stuff with Dad. When Dawson sees Harvey, his best bud, he leaps high in the air and then comes crashing down on him. And when Dawson spills paint all over his most-favorite shirt, he panics and gasps for breath. He fears his shirt is ruined.
Dawson experiences lots of strong emotions – anger, sadness, excitement, and worry. Each one feels gigantic. Can he, with the help of a caring teacher, find a way to harness those emotions in a safe, healthy way? Or will Dawson’s biggest feelings be the boss of him?
Bestselling author Julia Cook and renowned play therapist Dr. Rebeca Chow team up in this colorful, empowering story about how to stop emotions from spinning out of control. A special page written by Dr. Chow, who is a clinical counselor and registered play therapist, offers practical strategies parents and educators can use to help children manage their big emotions.
I received a copy of this book through Netgalley. This is my honest review.
This is a story about a young kid dealing with a whole lot of big emotions, like kids do. His teacher is trying to help him figure out better ways to handle his big emotions so that they're not disruptive to class or his life. And although it takes some work, he does start to develop some good coping skills for those big emotions.
This approach is definitely better than shoving big emotions down and repressing them until they overwhelm you, which is my go to strategy for big emotions. And while both methods result in my emotions not being other people's problems (mostly), my method isn't helpful. I would absolutely read this book several times to try to help other children have better coping mechanisms for their emotions than I have. The illustrations were bold and colorful.
Overall I give Awesome Dawson Has Big Emotions 4.3648 out of 5 stars. - Katie
Julia Cook, a former educator and school counselor, has written many books for children and teachers, including the popular page-turners I Just Don’t Like the Sound of No!, Making Friends Is an Art! and That Rule Doesn’t Apply to Me! Her activity guides for teachers offer classroom-ready fun to reinforce the life lessons shared in her storybooks. Among her many awards, Julia has received the Association for Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Award and Teacher’s Choice Award, and her books have been honored by The National Parenting Center, Mom’s Choice Awards, and the Autism Network.
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