The author provides options children can use to diffuse their anger without denying it or feeling shame about it.

Suggestions for parents on how to offer support and solutions for children frustrated in attempts to perform activities easy to elders but which they cannot yet manage themselves.

Emphasizes to children and parents that self-esteem depends on knowing the value of one's own accomplishments, even if these are not recognized by others.

"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 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.

"A girl feels jealous of Amy, the new girl in school, but she acknowledges her own feelings and lets Amy in"--