Books like My Mouth Is a Volcano!
By Julia Cook
Your kid knows exactly what it's like when a thought rumbles in your tummy and jiggles on your tongue until it just erupts. My Mouth Is a Volcano! names that feeling instead of shushing it, and Louis gets a real way to hold his words until it's his turn. Here are more books for kids working on that same wait.
On his 6th birthday, a boy gets pinched, noogied, hugged too tight, and tickled by loving family members until he finally speaks up and declares himself the boss of his own body.
A pesky old black fly buzzes through the alphabet on a hot summer day, landing on the apple pie, bothering the baby, and driving one household to the edge — until someone finally swats him.
A boy obsessed with outer space gets sent to the principal's office for 'personal space camp,' expecting lunar landings and space suits — but instead learns about respecting other people's physical boundaries.
Less lesson, more chant. If your kid likes saying the loud parts along with Louis, Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee gives them a whole refrain to shout.
Same stubborn kid energy, but Imogene's Last Stand by Candace Fleming runs the frustration longer, into a real fight nobody will listen to her about.
Five little monkeys jump on the bed after saying goodnight to Mama — and one by one, they fall off, bump their heads, and get a call to the doctor.
A girl with fluffy curls tries to escape the curious hands that keep reaching for her hair — on the street, under the sea, in the jungle, even in space — until she finally speaks up.
A dad whose bed keeps filling up with more and more children — Ben, Billy, twins Beth and Bart, then Brittany, Bella, and Boris — builds the biggest bed in the world to fit everyone in.
Where Louis learns to hold his words, Big Words for Little People by Jamie Lee Curtis hands your kid new ones, cooperate, patience, considerate, to use instead.
A tired papa bear roams from room to room hunting for a quiet spot to sleep, chased off each time by snoring, dripping, ticking, and other household noises.
A bumptious, bustling little dog chases and hustles every cat in the neighborhood — until he meets Scarface Claw, the toughest tomcat in town, and the tables turn.
Same funny confidence streak, but Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch is about owning your look when everyone copies you, not holding in your words.
