Book Tour & Book Review: Yell and Shout Cry and Pout by Dr. Peggy Kruger Tietz

Title: Yell and Shout Cry and Pout: A Kid’s Guide to Feelings
Author: Peggy Kruger Tietz
Publisher: Independent
Pages: 40
Genre: Children’s Picture Book
Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook

Yell and Shout, Cry and Pout: A Kid's Guide to Feelings is an essential guidebook for adults in steering children through the confusing behaviors that emotions evoke. When you understand the purpose of emotions, behavior becomes understandable. Each of the eight emotions is clearly defined thorough vignettes and illustrations, keeping both adult and child captivated, thus creating an opportune time for discussion. By recognizing that all humans experience these emotions throughout their lives, the book provides a true sense of comfort. Emotions are not to be shunned, but rather embraced and explained to provide a positive development environment for all children.

Buy Links:

 Yell and Shout Cry and Pout is available at Amazon.

 Pick up your copy at Barnes & Noble.

 Discuss this book at PUYB Virtual Book Club at Goodreads.

Being the mother of a preschooler and a licensed social worker with at risk children, I'm pretty darn familiar with pouting, crying, and shouting. I even do them myself! One of the hardest things to learn as a human (at any age, honestly) is your emotions and your personal reaction to them. What the heck do they mean? Why do we have them?! 

Dr. Peggy Kruger Tietz does a kick butt job in the quest of explaining the murky world of feelings. She starts with a fun little one page rhythm to introduce the book. The following every day emotions are explained: anger, fear, shame, sadness, happiness, love, disgust, surprise. Each emotion has a color assigned to it and a  scenario children face everyday. A bubble of example actions following the feeling is given, then the author asks the question of how the reader acts out that particular feeling. To wrap up, she gives three very clear explanations of the feeling, a minor example, and how the feeling can help to accomplish something. 

I'm so very much looking forward to sharing this book with my son as he grows and learns this lifelong toughie. With my work kiddos, I hope this will be a critical resource to discuss their emotions and some self discovery.

Note: I was provided a paperback copy of this book by the author and the blog tour company in return for a honest review. It did not affect my review in any way.  

Excerpt: 

Yell and Shout, Cry and Pout: A Kid's Guide to Feelings is an essential guidebook for adults in steering children through the confusing behaviors that emotions evoke. When you understand the purpose of emotions, behavior becomes understandable. Each of the eight emotions is clearly defined thorough vignettes and illustrations, keeping both adult and child captivated, thus creating an opportune time for discussion. By recognizing that all humans experience these emotions throughout their lives, the book provides a true sense of comfort. Emotions are not to be shunned, but rather embraced and explained to provide a positive development environment for all children.

Dr. Peggy Kruger Tietz is a licensed psychologist and maintains a private practice in Austin, Texas. She sees a wide range of children with normal developmental problems as well as children who have experienced trauma. Her Ph.D is in developmental psychology from Bryn Mawr College. Before entering private practice Dr. Tietz treated children in multiple settings, such as family service agencies and foster care. Dr. Tietz, trained at the Family Institute of Philadelphia, and then taught there. She specializes in seeing children individually, as well as, with their families. She has advanced training in Play Therapy as well as being a certified practitioner of EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, for children and adults). She has conducted workshops on parenting, sibling relationships, and emotional literacy.
Her latest book is Yell and Shout Cry and Pout: A Kid’s Guide to Feelings.

For More Information Visit Peggy Kruger Tietz’s website. Visit Peggy’s blog. Connect with Peggy on Facebook and Twitter. Find out more about Peggy at Goodreads.

Book Review: Green Gooey Goop by Anna C. Morrison

Title: Green Gooey GoopAuthor: Anna C. Morrison

Publisher: Green Gooey Goop

Pages:16

Genre: Children’s Picture Book

Format: Paperback/Kindle

A little girl is presented with a different sort of a meal when her mom serves her green gooey goop. Interesting and icky ingredients appear one by one as the little girl decides what's in this noxious-smelling concoction. The little girl creates a flood, and her dog's fur turns green. Suggested age range for readers: 0-8. This book was written to capture the moment when a child is confronted by healthy food that, while nutritious, may not appear to be delicious.  Many children react imaginatively to new foods, and the child in this book is no exception.  She envisions the ingredients as other than what her mother describes in the first part of the book in an attempt to get out of eating the food.  When she realizes she must eat it anyway, it spills onto the family dog, who may or may not be green forever!
I hope you enjoy starting a conversation with your child about the value of eating healthy foods that also taste delicious.  Thank you for reading Green Gooey Goop!

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I may almost be 31, but I honestly feel like healthy food looks like the green gooey goop. I read the book with our three year old son. He immediately was drawn to the bright colors in the illustrations. His response of "ewwww!" to the puddles of green was excellent. Each page did well in engaging him and he was able to identify the items in the pictures. He has a speech delay and currently receives speech therapy. Being three and trying to find books that engage him for more than a few minutes can be a struggle. This book kept him entertained until the end. I think the content will be more relevant as he gets older and his taste for food changes and he is influenced by peers. I look forward to using this book to address healthy good NOT being green goopy stuff. I just hope he doesn't get the idea the dog should be green. ;)

Note: I received a copy of this paperback children's book as part of a book tour in return for my honest opinion. 

                                     

Anna C. Morrison is an author of children’s books, including Silly Moments and Green Gooey Goop , with many more to follow. She is also an adjunct professor for multiple colleges and universities, both face-to-face and online. While she instructs various levels of English composition, she also teaches classes on literature, film, feature writing, and technical writing, among others. In addition, she has worked with Adapt Courseware as a writing consultant on three video course projects, including college skills and composition. Anna received her MFA in Writing from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky, and her BA in English, Creative Writing, from California State University, San Bernardino. Anna is an active member of SCBWI and is available for book signings. She lives in Southern California with her family and pets. For More Information  Visit Anna C. Morrison’s website.  Connect with Anna on Facebook and Twitter.  Find out more about Anna at Goodreads.