Author: Molly Bang
Type or emotional/crisis issue(s) addressed: Anger
Year of Publication: 1999
Publisher & Location: Scholastic, Inc.
ISBN#: 0439213193
Target Age Level: preschool, lower elementary
Quality of Illustrations: Excellent
Brief Summary: From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2-Sophie is playing with her stuffed gorilla when her sister wrests it from her, knocking her to the floor. When their mother agrees that it is her sister's turn to play with the toy, Sophie becomes so angry that "She wants to smash the world to smithereens." She kicks, screams, and eventually runs into the woods where she climbs a huge beech tree, looks out over the water, and is comforted by the "wide world." Calm, she returns home ready to participate in family life. The text is appropriately brief, for it is Bang's double-page illustrations, vibrating with saturated colors, that reveal the drama of the child's emotions.
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