The Color Monster: A Coloring Book about Emotions - by Anna Llenas (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

How is the Color Monster feeling today? Match emotion to color and choose how you think he would feel in a variety of places, situations, and activities.

This appealing coloring book isn't just fun to look at, read, or play with; it also has therapeutic value. The text asks children to add colors that represent how Color Monster might feel in a wide array of unusual, funny, awkward, frustrating, embarrassing, and also wonderful situations. The prompts are excellent conversation starters as a tool for developing emotional intelligence. But it's also delightful simply as an invitation to explore color on the page.

Anna Llenas's childlike, loose black linework invites young kids right in and makes them feel at home. It's clearly a place where coloring outside of the lines--and thinking outside of the box--is welcome. A sticker sheet at the end allows you to bring the Color Monster with you wherever you go!

Don't miss these other books about the Color Monster!
The Color Monster
The Color Monster Goes to School
Dr. Color Monster and the Emotions Toolkit

Review Quotes

"Helps process emotions using beautiful, affirming language.... Visually rich and poetically told." --Booklist

"[An] inviting exploration of colors and emotions.... The story should resonate with children whose emotions are not always easy to control." --The Horn Book

Praise for The Color Monster Goes to School:
"With amusing flourishes, Llenas's mixed-media art reveals the raucous goings-on, quite literally in living color." --Publishers Weekly

Praise for Dr. Color Monster and the Emotions Toolkit:
"This wise and gently humorous tale from art therapist Llenas will reassure readers that they, too, can find relief when they feel overwhelming or scary emotions.... This is one doctor kids will be happy to visit." --Kirkus Reviews

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