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Your heart is racing, your muscles stiffen, and you can't think clearly, you are so mad you want to scream and throw something. Exploding in anger is not the best way to deal with a problem, so how do you stop yourself from doing something you'll regret later? This guide provides the answers for your readers. It uses real-life examples and quotations to illustrate the causes of anger and its biological, emotional, and social effects. It also provides...

Is a bully harassing your readers at school? Mismanaged conflict can lead to damaged relationships, mistrust, and hostility. You can't change how you feel when someone says or does something you disagree with, but you can control how you react. Using real-life examples and quotations, this book discusses the causes and effects of conflict and provides research-based information on how to resolve it. Readers take a quiz to discover their communication...

Besides taking an emotional toll on you, loneliness can take a physical toll on your body as well. Studies show that lonely people have higher blood pressure, which can cause heart disease, than people who don't feel lonely. If you aren't a loner by choice, how can you cope? Using real-life examples and quotations, this book discusses the biological, emotional, and social effects of loneliness and provides research-based information on the best ways...

A young boy having a bad day that continues to get worse has a chance to reflect on the events and determine why he was so mad.

A young girl and her class go on a field trip, complete with a roller coaster, pie-eating contest, and petting zoo, in a book that helps young readers learn to express and articulate happiness.

A young boy accidentally lets his dog loose from the yard, in a book that helps young readers learn to express and articulate sadness.

A little girl spends the day at the zoo with her family and learns that it is okay to be silly but sometimes it is important to be calm.

There are times when feelings become intense, and it can be difficult to deal with them. In this engaging guide to emotions, young learners learn how to deal with anger in a healthy and constructive way. Within the age-appropriate and helpful main text relating to Social and Emotional Learning, they discover relatable examples of anger and ways to cope with this emotion. The use of simple language and short sentences help make this important subject...

Young learners are exposed to the feeling of jealousy in this volume designed to help them handle tough emotions. Within the accessible main text, readers discover how to identify their feelings of jealousy and deal with them in a healthy and constructive manner. They also learn how to develop empathy as opposed to letting jealousy cause problems in their relationships. Through short sentences composed with clear, achievable language, this important...

Young readers are introduced to various situations that can cause them to feel sad in this helpful guide to feelings. Through the age-appropriate and accessible main text relating to Social and Emotional Learning, they learn how to develop empathy and become more aware of their own feelings of sadness. They also learn how to deal with sadness in a healthy and constructive way. The use of simple language, short sentences, and relatable examples presented...