This is a helpful and informative book, but not very interesting or engaging enough for a child. I would have to read it over many times for the tools in it to be useful to my kids.

I’ve been on a hunt for quality picture books about emotional regulation. This one fits the bill. I appreciate the variety of ways to cope with anger described and the way they are illustrated within realistic situations.

"When I Feel Angry" is a great book for young children to read and learn how to best deal with their own anger. It explains what makes one bunny angry, and what she does to control it and overcome it in the best ways. This is a book I would recommend to any child, because it can relate to them and help them understand positive things to do when they feel mad.

a really nice book for kids to learn about anger manegement .

This book would be good for a classroom discussion about being angry and how the students feel and deal with it. This book is also a good one when learning coping skills. This books exposes many different ways to cope with anger.

Practical steps to help children control anger

This book does a great job giving the reader ideas and tips and reasoning for turning anger into calm and activities and steps they can do and take to fix the problems without outbursts.

Summary:
This book is about a bunny who gets angry. She learns different ways to cope with her anger, such as breathing deeply or talking it out. She realizes that sometimes, the things that make her angry cannot be changed. However, sometimes they can be changed by communicating with someone.
Evaluation:
This book clearly states the different coping mechanisms for anger, and they are stated in a way that children can easily understand. Also, they are repeated so that the children hear them more than once. I also liked that the reasons the bunny got angry were so relatable for children. For example, she got angry about her drawing not looking right and when the teacher said she was talking even though she wasn't.
Teaching Point:
I would use this book for younger children, such as preschoolers to third graders, who have problems coping with their anger. After, I would talk to the students about it and how they can use the coping mechanisms themselves. Also, when the children get angry, I would remind them of the book or read it to them to cool them down.

I read it during work along with others from this series and it is a cute, helpful, illustrated book which explains how anger works, what you feel precisely and how to calm down and process everything in a calm manner. My only issue was the advice that basically suggested to leave and return when the feeling of anger has passed. It may work for grown ups, but I wouldn't advise a kid to do that.

Simply written, but covers a good range of scenarios that will make one angry. Also includes very useful strategies one can employ when s/he is feeling angry, Especially loved how Cornelia Maude Spelman reinforced the learning points in the last two pages of the book! Highly recommended.

"But sometimes when I feel angry, it means something needs to be different. Maybe it's me. Maybe I need to rest or cry."

April 2010: I thought this book was excellent; however, my almost four-year-old didn't retain a thing. Perhaps it's for older kids? Perhaps it's for kids with an attention span? Perhaps it's for kids who don't like being angry? I don't know why it didn't work for mine.

January 2011 Update: It's sinking in! Perhaps the child just needs to be a little older!

Good book, good strats