
By Sophia Day, Megan Johnson, Stephanie Strouse (Illustrator)
Book #1 in the Help Me Understand series
A boy learns to tame his fiery anger with his family's help.
Lucas struggles with anger that turns him into a fire-breathing dragon. His diverse family helps him navigate these emotions, teaching him to transform anger into delight. As Lucas learns to manage his feelings, he discovers the power of understanding and self-control. This story not only addresses anger management but also celebrates cultural diversity and family dynamics. Will Lucas find peace within himself and embrace the differences around him? Join the MVP Kids on a journey of emotional growth and character building, where every child learns to make wise choices amidst life's challenges.
Sometimes anger turns a great kid into an out-of-control, fire-breathing dragon! Find out how Lucas’ family keeps him safe and helps him understand and control his anger. With a fresh attitude, Lucas resets the day and learns to shield anger with delight. Help your child with anger management and other anger issues. This book showcases diversity in positive ways with characters that span various cultures, ethnicities, family situations, physical challenges and more. Readers of all backgrounds will see themselves in these pages while learning to value the diversity within their own community and being exposed to differences from around the world. This title includes a trans-racial foster adoptive family. Social and emotional learning picture books guide elementary readers to control emotions and learn social skills. This education resource features the MVP Kids; includes Discussion Guides for parents and educators. Part of a helpful character-building program About the Help Me Understand series The Help Me Understand series provides elementary children with tools to identify, understand, and responsibly manage difficult emotions. Each book follows the life of one of our sixteen diverse MVP Kids and contains a discussion guide with further insight and reflection questions related to the book’s content. Themes include children overcoming and managing anger, anxiety, insecurity, boredom, arrogance, and more. Through difficult challenges, the MVP Kids learn to make the right choices in the midst of big feelings. About MVP Kids Families with a diverse range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds drive the inspiration for child education and social emotional learning. MVP Kids enables real-world kids to address the challenges in their lives through story-based character lessons where the kids interact at school, in social situations, and in their communities. MVP Kids board books enrich preschool readers while hardcovers and paperbacks focus on school-aged children. Each MVP Kids book includes extensive coaching information for parents and educators that promotes character education, wise decision-making skills, and social and emotional learning.
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