Arcadia Public Library

Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon; the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him 'the bitter neighbour from hell'. But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time? Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty...

Claire and her stuffed rabbit, Fluffy, wake up happy but one thing goes wrong after another until, finally, Claire and Fluffy are both very, very angry.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text provide young children with tools for dealing with feelings of anger, such as pretending the anger is a baseball that can be batted away or breathing deeply.

When a young girl has a series of mishaps at home one day, her mother tries not to lose her temper--and does not quite succeed.

Fergal the dragon has trouble controling his temper, but after one really fiery day, his mom shows him a trick on how to cool down.

A young llama wants to play but must go shopping with his mother instead, and so he gets angry and makes a mess at the store.

When Lucy insists she does not need a nap before accompanying her dad on errands she discovers that she is more tired than she realizes.

Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon—the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him “the bitter neighbor from hell.” But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn’t walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time? Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning...

Max has an active imagination and will throw a fit if others don't go along with what he wants. Following an incident with his sister Claire and her friends, Max throws a tantrum and runs away from home when his mother pays more attention to her boyfriend than to him. Wearing his wolf costume at the time, Max not only runs away physically, but runs toward a world in his imagination. This world, an ocean away, is inhabited by large wild beasts, including...