by Suzanne Lang
Bright, funny picture-book voice pairs a grumpy protagonist with friends who try to 'fix' his mood with cheerful suggestions; punchy text and bold art make moods laughable and relatable. Most useful as a short read-aloud that gives young children vocabulary for unexplained bad days and models patience from peers. Limitation: adults wanting nuanced emotional pedagogy may find the resolution tidy and the repetition didactic, and caregivers expecting activities will notice there are no guided exercises.
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A hilarious picture book about dealing with unexplained feelings?and the danger in suppressing them!Jim the chimpanzee is in a terrible mood for no good reason. His friends can?t understand it?how can he be in a bad mood when it?s SUCH a beautiful day They encourage him not to hunch, to smile, and to do things that make THEM happy. But Jim can?t t...
Difficulty:easy
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Consider The Republic by Plato. Recommended by 13 sources.
“Plato stages an extended Socratic conversation that moves from concrete questions about justice into broad proposals about an ideal city, the structure of the soul, and what counts as reality and knowledge. Reading alternates brisk question-and-answer snippets with long, cumulative demonstrations that reward careful attention and annotation. Main value: a wealth of thought experiments for testing political and ethical intuitions. Main limitation: repetitive refutations, long policy sketches and dense metaphysical passages can feel abstruse and slow; patience and some philosophical background help.”
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