As a teacher in high school, I see students of all abilities struggling with their emotions. This is a wonderful book with useful strategies that can help young children develop useful skill sets. Kudos to Sesame Street for promoting learning of emotions as well as the strategies to help process them.

Sesame always knows the right thing to say, and the best way to teach it. The book is not overly preachy, uses great examples, and is short and memorable.

Thank you Netgalley for allowing me to read this digital book for free in exchange for an honest review.

"Let's Talk about It!" is a cute little book with a potential for big impact on little kids. Children often have a hard time dealing with emotions and need to be taught how to handle them. This book does just that. It shows the Sesame Street crew talking about their feelings and what to do when you are anxious, sad, or angry. They give the children tips on how to use their words when they are upset instead of using their hands and possibly hurting someone. It's a short book but it can be very helpful for kids needing a little help understanding their emotions and how to handle difficult situations that they may have never experienced before like getting angry. I highly recommend this to any little one who needs to be taught the correct way to handle conflicts.

The Sesame Street characters discuss how to resolve conflict. Some of the strategies they suggest to readers include talk it out and belly breathing. There are many relatable examples for the readers.

A fun book about how to deal with things with characters that children adore, this book. Kept my brother entertained for a while! He loves reading it and keeps reading it over and over

I love sesame st and I love this book. I have a kiddo age 6 and I love the education and advice that it provided. Conflict can be hard at this age and I think that this book engrained some useful tools!

As an early elementary school counselor, I can’t wait to add a hard copy of this book to my shelf! It is the perfect book for PreSchool/Kindergarten children to show how to resolve conflicts. I love how it encourages the use different calm down strategies and “I statements.”

The illustrations are a mixture of everyone’s favorite Sesame Street pals and photographs of children that represent all different races and abilities.

Thank you to the publisher and Net Galley for the advance digital copy in exchange for an honest review

I received an electronic ARC from Lerner Publishing Group through NetGalley.
The Sesame Street characters offer smart and simple to follow guidance for working out issues with others. Familiar characters share how they handle conflicts and keep friendships intact. Readers will connect with the examples provided by Miller. They are situations they have or will face. Specific directions for belly breathing and example sentences to use are offered at the end. Families can read this together as a whole book and then refer back to specific pages if/when needed. I appreciate the easy to read language for younger readers and the clear tips/guidance to help them work through their feelings and find ways to cope when problems arise.

A good start for teaching kids how to handle their emotions and disagreements with friends. An emphasis is placed on compromise and finding ways to calm down, if you're having a hard time talking. Belly-breathing gets a big focus, having a few pages early in the book, and then a guide to belly-breathing in the back.

After reading this to my kid, I tried walking her through the book's advice the next time we had some problems, and it helped us both. Belly-breathing is good for me, especially!

The whole Sesame Street crew shows up to give advice, and to show that they, also, have arguments and conflicts that need to get worked out. It helps kids know that it's normal to have problems.

The artwork is fairly simple: solid-color backgrounds, with "live-action" shots of the puppets in front. There are also pages with photos of humans, and these make sure to showcase the diversity and inclusion that Sesame Street is known for.

This book is meant to be read alongside a trusted grown-up, who can help explain some of the concepts a bit better. There's a glossary at the end, to help with some of the words kids might not know ("conflict" is there, and this is the only time in the book that we get an actual definition, so make sure your kid knows what the word means beforehand, instead of waiting to the end of the book).





Advanced reader copy provided by the publisher.

My son had to have this when he saw the cover, and of course, I had to read it entirely using the characters' voices. It's definitely a useful tool for children, as my six-year-old didn't understand what "conflict" was, so it was a good learning opportunity. Hopefully, he came away better equipped to communicate with his brother. All our favorite Sesame Street characters were represented, as well as a few we aren't so familiar with, so we get to learn some new characters. You really can't go wrong with Sesame Street and I'm sure we'll be reading this book over and over again.

I would definitely recommend having this book in every children's collection and more than one copy in school library collections. It is so important that children understand and name what they are feeling while also dealing with it in a healthy way. This book shows children how to do that by giving children different visual scenarios and how they should handle them. It also tells children different, healthy ways of dealing with anger such as walking away, telling someone your feeling, and even breathing exercises and meditation. School counselors can also benefit from having this book in their arsenal. If I had to say anything negative about the book, I would say that it is a bit too long.

The children's book "Let's Talk about It!" is beautifully illustrated with familiar Sesame Street characters and real families with the diversity that Sesame Street is known for represented. The book is divided into several sections: everyone has conflicts, big feelings break, belly breathing, and talk it out. It also has a glossary and more resources at the end.
The book suggests five steps to work out conflict and then gives examples such as The Count counting to five, a girl hugging her lovie, Cooke Monster doing belly breathing. There are also examples of common conflicts that could come up between children such as a friend not sharing a toy. Again, specific characters give examples of what they would do in the specific situation.
In both the big feelings break and talk it out sections of the book techniques like belly breathing are explained in more detail but in an age appropriate way for little ones.
This is really an appealing book with lots of great information for young children.

An excellent book with beloved Sesame Street characters to help teach children how to handle conflict and regulate their emotions. Perfect for preschool to kindergarten. A great place for parents and educators to start important discussions.

I love this book and will likely buy it for use during counseling. My students will enjoy the familiar characters and nice photos. The lessons are great and I love its focus on compromise and coping strategies. Great book! Thank you to the author, publisher, and netgalley for the advanced copy!

This book is fantastic! It uses the Sesame characters to show conflict, feelings and how to get through the conflict. I like the examples and repetition. The pictures really help younger children to not only hear, but also see the conflicts and resolutions which helps them to remember it and relate to it. I liked how at the end it gave a recap and a list of how to handle conflicts appropriately. Great read!

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