DRAGONS ON THE INSIDE AND OTHER BIG FEELINGS
Imaginative picture book helps children recognize their inner feelings and discover ways to regulate big emotions.
Inner feelings aren't always visible on the outside. Dragons on the Inside And Other Big Feelings validates young children's emotions and helps them recognize, describe, and cope when they are anxious or overwhelmed on the inside.
Dragons stomp and breathe fire, roller coasters swoop and swirl, and bats stare from a dark, damp cave. These imaginative descriptions offer children multiple ways for describing their emotion and help them build an inner feelings vocabulary, which boosts emotional intelligence. For children who struggle to recognize their emotions, including some kids with ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, or other processing disorders, it can be especially useful to see another child work through their inner battles and how people "on the outside" can help ease stressful situations.
VALERIE COULMAN
Born and raised on the Canadian prairies, award-winning author and artist Valerie Coulman had a habit of getting caught with a book in her hands while she should have been doing something else. Still an avid reader, Valerie has since published 3 highly acclaimed picture books, 5 stage scripts, numerous articles, poems and song lyrics, and wrangles words regularly as a freelance writer and editor from her studio in beautiful Southern Oregon.
