I loved reading this book. I wish I had read a book like this when I was a kid. It took a lot of work (as an adult) to get beyond self-hatred and move toward self-compassion. I’m still a work in progress. I’m glad kids have a book like this to learn while they are young.
It’s a sweet story with beautiful words and pictures. But it also shows practical advice for a simple way kids can engage in more encouraging self-talk. And it helps kids know that self-compassion, as well as compassion for others, grows peace. What a beautiful image of peace as something that kids can grow in simple ways.
The book teaches these ideas through a wonderful story, which is great. And I love the prompts that help kids come up with their own words that will help them. As a “big” kid, I plan to use those prompts myself. I think this book is great for kids but also a wonderful resource for adults who never learned self-compassion as a kid.
I’m thankful for the author and illustrator for sharing their talents and kindness.
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This book brought tears to my eyes. Esperanza meets a friend at school from Vietnam named Bao. She learns to be friends with him and also learns to be friends with herself by following "the other golden rule - to treat ourselves like we would treat a friend." A lot happens in this interesting book packed with wisdom - Esperanza finds a stray cat and names her Cleocatra, she performs in the school play and at a soccer game and learns to handle emotions of sadness with self-compassion. I also love the downloadable resources that come with the book (available on the author's website). I wish I had learned these skills of emotional intelligence and self-compassion when I was a kid, and I wish I known these skills when I was raising my own three children. My daughter is now a teacher and has this book to read to her students. I think the book is also very meaningful for adults - so many of us adults still need to learn kind self-talk. The illustrations are great. You will not be sorry if you get this incredibly moving and wise book.
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This book brought tears to my eyes. Esperanza meets a friend at school from Vietnam named Bao. She learns to be friends with him and also learns to be friends with herself by following "the other golden rule - to treat ourselves like we would treat a friend." A lot happens in this interesting book packed with wisdom - Esperanza finds a stray cat and names her Cleocatra, she performs in the school play and at a soccer game and learns to handle emotions of sadness with self-compassion. I also love the downloadable resources that come with the book (available on the author's website). I wish I had learned these skills of emotional intelligence and self-compassion when I was a kid, and I wish I known these skills when I was raising my own three children. My daughter is now a teacher and has this book to read to her students. I think the book is also very meaningful for adults - so many of us adults still need to learn kind self-talk. The illustrations are great. You will not be sorry if you get this incredibly moving and wise book.
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