When little Katie loses her temper, she becomes Bombaloo. Being Bombaloo is scary, but a little time-out and a lot of love can help calm Bombaloo down and help Katie feel like Katie again.
Rating: *****
It’s good for kids to know that it’s okay to be angry and that that is a normal feeling. This book does a great job showing this. After we read this my son pretended to be Bombaloo for several days.
Max is tired of having his mother say “no” to everything he wants to do. When he threatens to trade her in for a mother who lets him wear dirty shirts, who never forgets to buy Chunky-O’s cereal, and who hates string beans as much as he does, his mother sagely comments that she would never trade him in.
Rating: ***
As a mom it’s hard to read stories where the child hates the mom. It all works out in the end, but it still hurts.
