Parents, teachers and guardians should never ignore or neglect a child if they are trying to let you know that they are not feeling okay. Nothing is more important I feel.

This is such a helpful book for all the younger kids as well as for the adults who are taking care of them.

In this book, a little boy makes a mistake while playing sports and he is being bullied by the other kids. He starts feeling lonely and rejected.

The book provides you so many important practical tips and lessons for the kids who feel similarly: what they can do, who to approach and how to deal with such situations.

I love how the book provides a lot of interactive exercises.

The best are the last few pages on “99 coping skills” and “101 positive things to say to myself”.

Such an incredible book!

Thank you, Boys Town Press Publishing, for the advance reading copy.

I think that this is a great book and resource for both children and parents! I appreciated the narrative of the story, first acknowledging feelings of sadness but then transitioning into looking at what makes you happy/excited.

I really think the journaling aspect of this book will be so helpful to both children and their parents. It can be hard to convey feelings (at any age!) so having direct questions and prompts to guide these thoughts was a great touch. Including resources and extra information for the parent is great too.

Overall I wouldn’t hesitate at all to recommend this book!

i think this book is very important for kids who struggle with feelings like sadness to know that it's okay and that help is a possibility should it be needed, kids emotional states need to be taken just as seriously as anyone else and i'm glad this book shows that

Great book for an elementary kid to read. Talks about self affirmation, dealing with bullies, and helpful things to try.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with this book in exchange for my review! All opinions are my own.

This was a very cute book. One thing I enjoyed about it is that it teaches children that it is ok to be sad. Some people (wrongly) try and tell little children that they shouldn't be sad, and this is very dangerous for their mental health. I thought the book went about this in a gentle way. I also thought that illustrations were very nicely drawn. This is a very important book for children to read, so I highly recommend parents and teachers purchase it for their collection.
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I really enjoyed reading this book with my 8 year old. I love the journaling prompts that allow kids to put their feelings on paper and teaches them ways to cope. The positive prompts at the end of the book are so great for children to practice their affirmations. Such a great book!

A good, understandable "self help" book for young people working to manage sadness. The text and the exercises are commendable and the coping techniques will no doubt assist. A very kind and carefully guiding book, with the understanding shown by a therapist/parent. Recommended.

I loved this book and definitely would use it in my toolbox for working with my own children and clients on overcoming sadness. It also has some really great tools for bullying in here. I love how this is told through a children’s story with pauses for questions and discussion throughout, contains worksheets, activities, and a list of coping skills and positive affirmations.

Follow Kyle as he learns to cope with feelings of sadness and disappointment.

This is such an informative and well thought out book. Not only does it have the main story it also has activities/questions which run alongside the narrative. These questions encourage your child to really think about how they are feeling. The promotion of self reflection and how to develop coping skills is very clever as they are such important skills for your child to develop.

I would highly recommend this book as it could be read independently or with your child to open up wider discussions.

A sweet book about emotions. I love that there was an option for the kids to answer questions which will help them truly understand what’s happening in the story.