When Sophie Gets Angry- Really, Really Angry...
Author/Illustrator: Molly Bang
Genre: Children's Literature
Sub Genre: Realistic Fiction
Primary Characters: Sophie
Sub Genre: Realistic Fiction
Primary Characters: Sophie
Secondary Characters: Mother, Father, Sister
Publishing: Blue Sky Press, 1999
Awards: Caldecott Honor 2000
Theme: Different people handle emotions in different ways.
Summary: Sophie hates to share. So when her mother makes her share gorilla with her sister, Sophie gets angry- very angry. She screams, runs, and climbs a tree to vent. Once she is calm again she returns home.
In a classroom setting, this book could be used in a lesson of different emotions. The students could write about how they act when overwhelmed with different emotion, i.e. anger, sadness, happiness.
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