Aroha's Way: A Children's Guide Through Emotions

Author: REBEKAH LIPP

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  • : $20.00 NZD
  • : 9780473470807
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  • : April 2020
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  • : REBEKAH LIPP
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  • : Paperback
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  • : Craig Phillips
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Barcode 9780473470807
9780473470807

Description

Aroha's Way is a bestselling picture book for children around uncomfortable emotions; fear, apprehension, worrying thoughts and nervousness with ways to manage them. Come along on a journey with Aroha, as she wards off nervousness, fear, worrying thoughts and apprehension, with simple, yet effective tools that everyone can use. This beautiful picture books takes children on a journey through emotions associated with anxiety and shows simple yet effective ways to help manage them. Aroha shows children a tool that she uses for each emotion which includes; movement or exercise, belly breathing or diaphragmatic breathing, mindfulness and connecting with others and sharing our worries. At the back of the book, there is a section for parents and/or teachers to explore the tools in more depth. This section expands on the beautiful poem and opens up conversations with our children. Asking questions around those emotions to make it easier for children to recognise the emotion, and then a simple way to manage it.  From award-winning New Zealand author and illustrator, Craig Phillips, creator of The Adventures of Jack Scratch and Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts (winner of the Russell Clark Award for Illustration at the New Zealand Book Awards 2018)

Reviews

"Aroha's Way is a beautiful, descriptive and relatable book - an important book - helping children to normalise, understand and even develop their own tools for dealing with their feelings." - Jenny Palmer, author of Feel a Little. "An exquisitely moving read.  This book will help empower our tamariki mokopuna" - Dr Hinemoa Elder. 

Author description

Craig Phillips, is an award-winning New Zealand author, creator of The Adventures of Jack Scratch and Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts (winner of the Russell Clark Award for Illustration at the New Zealand Book Awards 2018).