But I’ll be nice to you, Color Monster, and your anger will disappear!”. This makes sense as to why my most favorite line in the book is “ Sometimes, you want to take out your anger on others. One of my favorite things to tell young people is that f eelings aren’t good or bad – they are just our bodies way of letting us know what is going on in the world around us! For a lot of the littles (and teens too) that we work with there can be a lot of judgement that comes with anger and a portion of the therapeutic work can go towards decreasing shame about this real, normal, human emotion. The level of compassion in this book is SO wonderful. A little girl takes the monster by the hand and gently helps the Color Monster untangle and separate out all of these feelings and put them into jars. This book is a wonderful story about a “Color Monster” who is full of mixed up colors and emotions. Enter “ The Color Monster” by Anna Llenas! This book is AMAZING and as I talk about here and here bibliotherapy is such a wonderful practice that is so adaptable to provide as a therapeutic approach in all sorts of settings – office, in home, at school, and of course Tele-Play! This can be confusing and sometimes we need help untangling them and sorting them all out.
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