This book seems like a great way to teach kids about handling their emotions. I loved the concept and also the representation of a character with a prosthetic leg. It was nice to see the adult in the situation also acknowledging their own mistakes. I think this would serve as a great example and reminder to educators of younger kids.

This book uses a fantastic metaphor which kids will be able to relate to and be able to visualize. It describes feelings like anger, shame, and embarrassment as being heavy books in backpacks. The story follows a class as the students and their teacher have an outburst of anger. The teacher talks with the class about her emotions as well as helping the students understand their emotions as well. The teacher explains that whenever we show anger, there are more emotions beneath that anger, and piles on more emotions.

This book is a powerful example of how to promote social-emotional learning in the classroom. I love that the book showed the teacher expressing her own feelings behind her actions, I also appreciate the poem in the book "Stop when I'm furious. Pause and be curious. What is underneath the mad? Am I lonely, stressed, or sad?". It could be a great tool for parents and teachers to use to help their children and students learn some self-management skills and find peace with their emotions.

This is a fantastic book about the importance of identifying and naming your emotions. The teacher has the children be backpack detectives and look at the titles of the books in their backpack. Each book has a different emotion, and on the top of the pile is anger. The teacher encourages the children to look at the emotions on the books underneath anger and understand what led to the anger.

Identifying and expressing emotions is such an important skill for kids and adults to learn. I plan on reading this book to my 7 and 9-year-old children. Thank you to NetGalley and National Center for Youth Issues for this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

What a great book! "Hello, Anger" is perfect for talking and addressing feelings of frustration with older kids. Understanding that anger is an outward reaction to other feelings is a huge step forward in helping kids and adults manage their reactions and gain self-reflection.

Hello, Anger is a good book for specific settings like Occupational Therapy or counseling. I could see it fitting in nicely into my son's OT sessions.

"Stop when I'm furious.
Pause and be curious.
What is underneath the mad?
Am I lonely, stressed, or sad?"
-Hello, Anger; Jessica Sinarski

Hello, Anger is a pretty decent book on handling anger (and other emotions that are perceived as negative), specifically for school aged children. The advice would be good for older kids as well, teens, etc. but the art and phrasing of the book is definitely aged at younger kids. It gives examples of when you might feel angry, and what emotions are often hiding under the anger. The art is quite nice, and I especially liked how the author chose to show an adult, the teacher in the book, dealing with the emotion of anger herself! I think showing kids that adults also feel the same things is vitally important for connection.

I'd definitely recommend this to families I know, and think it would be a good book to have at the homes or schools of middle school aged kids.

*I was given a copy of this title via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

Emotions are complex beings with a life of their own. Anger is one that overpowers so many and makes understanding the cause of your anger to get lost in translation. This book presents this and finds an easier way to dig deeper into the ‘why?’.

In this book you’ll see Mrs. Miller and her students meet challenges at school and when everyone reaches their tipping point, they meet their anger. The author brought this up as a way to say we have magic backpacks that hold heavy books throughout the day. Some hold embarrassment or even guilt but all those heavy books hide behind our anger. She further teaches a small rhyme to get her students to stop, think and process the ‘why?’ behind their anger and finds so much more.

I thoroughly enjoyed how this was presented and I think this would be an appropriate way to teach and aid emotions for people of all walks of life.

I think it’s also important to note the inclusivity in this book. We see a teacher and her struggles. We see the emotions of a student who struggles to speak in front of class and we even see the struggles of a student with a prosthetic leg.

5/5 stars, I would absolutely purchase this and use this as an approach on emotions and teaching understanding and regulation.

This was a wonderful book about feelings and ways to cope with feelings. I really enjoyed how the author had the characters speak to their emotions.

This is just the book we need in schools right now! It talks about anger in a way that children can understand and is also a great way for parents to better understand their own child's emotions. I always talk to teachers and parents about how all behaviors serve a purpose and this book how much other feelings play a part in a child's anger and outbursts. I hope there are many more books from this author. I strongly recommend this to parents, school librarians, school counselors, teachers, and anyone else who works with children.

This has a good message & lesson, teaching kids about where anger stems from and just learning about their emotions in general such as guilt, embarrassment, and frustration.

However, I wish there was more nuance to the scene where the disabled character is bullied and discriminated against. Personally, I believe there could've been a better lesson here than having the teacher tell the disabled child to forgive the able-bodied kid who made fun of her for wearing a prosthetic leg. There are definitely some plot holes that made me question things. Overall, I'd recommend this for the lesson of anger because the end of the book shares a guide for parents on why they should help support their kids when they are angry rather than punish them for their feelings.

Every child should have this book in their home and school and it should be read on a regular basis. The story does a great job in providing realistic situations that could happen and showing why it is that one gets angry and that it is okay to get angry but in order to help yourself you need to look behind the anger at other big feelings. It also provides the adult with a quick guide at the end to help with their feelings as a way of helping to model for the children in their lives. The illustrations are beautifully done. I voluntarily reviewed an advance readers copy of this book.

Part of the Your Magic Backpack series, this takes place in the same world with a focus on anger. I have not read the first book in the series, so the metaphor at the beginning (the magic backpack with books that are labelled with the feelings of the wearer) felt strange and rushed. However, I loved the dissecting of the feelings backpack with the teacher in the end. Anger has so many layers to it, that the stack of books helps to better make sense of how people get angry. I also appreciate that the teacher is an active part of the discussion. It emphasizes that even authority figures can be ruled by anger, but it is important to investigate the emotion to be better.

This is the perfect book for parents to read with their kids.

Hello, Anger does an amazing job of explaining what Anger is and how to deal with it. Each of the characters, Ana, Ben, Grace and even the teacher feels some sort of anger throughout the school day.

I really like how Jessica Sinarski used the emotions as books we carry around daily with us, allowing us to open up and see what is bothering us. There are also tips and tricks in the back of the book for parents to read through.

This is a great resource for early to mid elementary kids to work on identifying and dealing with anger. Using the metaphor of books in a backpack, students learn about why anger shows up and what other feelings it might be trying to call attention to. With a helpful rhyme, kids are given a framework for how to react to angry moments in order to figure out what's really going on and address the underlying problem.

The scenarios that made the characters angry will be very relatable for kids, and it's really helpful to see an adult also deal with anger. This would be an excellent classroom read and should start some very productive discussions about how to process and regulate feelings.

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!

This was a great book about addressing the underlying feelings beyond just surface level anger. It’s about understanding emotions and thinking before reacting.

I really thought the little poem/chant in the story was clever. Hopefully it’ll be something that kids remember easily the next time they get angry.

I think this is a good book and might be best suited for 2nd-3rd graders.

I received an ARC of this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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At first, I didn't think this book was going to work for me. The books in the backpack thing was a little awkward for the first little bit of the book. I needed a little more explanation, which the author does give as the story continues. In the end, I really liked this little story. It would be a great tool for helping school aged children process their anger and understand their feelings. I expect it would be a bit complicated for preschool aged and younger. The art is lovely and appropriate.

This is a great book with some good strategies for children to learn about and deal with anger. I loved the little rhyme included to repeat when someone is angry. This is slightly above the age level of my students but I will definitely recommend to families and siblings.

I received an ARC of this ebook through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This children's book is just perfect for social emotional learning. As a children's librarian I would recommend this book for parents and teachers who are looking for how to teach children to manage their anger. The illustrations are charming and cute.

This book is going to be such a gift to educators, parents, therapists, and caregivers. The way it talks about and perhaps even more importantly explains anger is so helpful. The metaphor of the books is easy to understand and visualize. This likely won’t be a book that you’re reading over and over before bed, but after a hard moment or day, it will be invaluable.

I will be adding Hello, Anger to my classroom library as soon as possible! It shows what anger looks like, acts like, and sounds like while also explaining that there is usually more to anger. I absolutely loved the way this book encourages kids to dig deeper to understand their anger and to actually work through it. Having the teacher model the process as well shows that everyone gets angry sometimes. I am so impressed by this book!