Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Mad, Mad, MAD by Leslie Patricelli - ESSENTIAL

Mad, Mad, MAD by Leslie Patricelli. BOARD BOOK. Candlewick Press, 2020. $8. 9781536203806

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K - ESENTIAL

AUDIENCE: HIGH

 Everyone experiences a variety of emotions from day to day.  Mad, Mad, MAD explores a little boy’s attempt to deal with his frustrating emotions.  Sometimes he’s happy, sometimes he’s sad.  But sometimes he gets really mad.  How does the boy calm down? He tries to sit and flop, he hugs his blankie and sometimes tries to walk about.  The end of the book explores activities to help the MAD, MAD, MAD go away: doggies, yoga, coloring, laughing and much, much more!

Mad, Mad, MAD is the perfect book to help parents discuss varying emotions with their children.  Not only do the pages give helpful solutions but the final page lists ten additional ideas to calm a frustrating moment.  The illustrations are descriptive and perfectly illustrate the emotions of each character.  Although there are few words on each page emotions and solutions are approached and executed with precision.  Mad, Mad, MAD is a great board book!

Reviewer: SL

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