MY MONSTER AND ME

Great book for kids at bedtime, or any time really. Mine absolutely love this one, and it has the added health educational benefit too.

My Monster and Me by Nadiyah Hussain is an amazing story to read aloud! The way she captures her worries and anxiety in the monster without it seeming shameful or irrational is breathtaking. It's often hard to find books for prek and elementary students that talk about big feelings in a validating and reassuring way. I think this book also lends itself as a prompt for adults to listen attentatively to children and to look for the functions of their behaviors, not just the behaviors themselves. I am an early childhood intervention specialist serving my school district as a behavior specialist for our prek department. This is a read that I'll be recommending to our program for every classroom, especially given the monster that we all may have had awakened during the pandemic.

I heard about this book somewhere to help my toddler with his big feelings… I’m not sure the parallels are visible to him yet, but it’s a cute story and fun to read with him :)