Books like When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry
By Molly Bang
For the kid whose anger shows up in their whole body before they even have words for it, Sophie's storm will feel instantly, exactly familiar. Intense, honest, and ultimately soothing.
A simple, encouraging board book about voices — when to use a quiet one, when yelling doesn't help, and what to do instead when big feelings get loud.
A young boy asks his grandma where God is in their city, so she teaches him to look for kindness, patience, and love in the people around him.
A day in the life of family and friends unfolds from morning to night, moving from a tiny shell on the beach to the wide, darkening sunset sky.
A picture book explores what it means to be present through everyday childhood moments — playing with friends, helping a sibling, walking on the beach — showing kids how to notice, listen, and stay in the moment.
A gentle guide walks toddlers through all the things hands can do besides hit — drawing, building, waving, hugging — while teaching calmer ways to handle big feelings like anger.
A little boy with only little things — a little pinwheel, a little tricycle — watches his big brother and sister zoom past on bigger, faster toys, until he plants a tiny seed of his own.
A baby llama, tucked into bed by his mama, starts to worry the moment she heads downstairs — his whimpers building into full-blown hollers until she returns just in time.
A rhyming, day-in-the-life look at a school where kids from every background arrive, share their traditions and talents, and are welcomed exactly as they are.
A gentle exploration of morning through its sounds, from the quiet of first light to the chipper alarm, a rumbling stomach, and a clanking garbage truck outside.
A dog named Rocket sits under his favorite tree as a little yellow bird teaches him the alphabet, letter by letter, until sounds turn into words he can read all on his own.
A sheltered prince leaves his palace, encounters suffering and death for the first time, and gives up his family and wealth to search for the truth of life — a journey that ends in enlightenment beneath a bodhi tree.
A gentle poem asks young readers to remember the sky they were born under, the moon, the sun's dawn birth, and the family and creatures that connect them to the earth.
