Calm Monsters, Kind Monsters

A Sesame Street ® Guide to Mindfulness

  • Interest Level: Preschool - Grade 2
  • Reading Level: Kindergarten

Breathing, positive self talk, and calming down—mindfulness includes all this and more. Sesame Street characters present big emotions readers have likely faced alongside simple solutions like belly breathing to help kids cope with what they’re feeling.

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Interest Level Preschool - Grade 2
Reading Level Kindergarten
Genre Social Studies
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Active Nonfiction, SEL: A Self-Awareness, SEL: B Self-Management, SEL: E Responsible Decision-Making, Social Emotional Learning
Copyright 2021
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Brand Sesame Street ®
Imprint Lerner Publications ™
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2020-10-06
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF053050, JNF024130, JNF053160
Dewey 152.4
Dimensions 9.75 x 9.75
Lexile 450
Guided Reading Level J
Features Glossary, Index, Note to adults, Reviewed, Step-by-step instructions, and Table of contents

Author: Karen Latchana Kenney

Karen Latchana Kenney was born near the rainforests of Guyana, but moved far north to Minnesota at a young age. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor’s degree in English and has been writing and editing since. She has worked as an editor at an educational publishing company, but is now a full-time freelance writer and editor in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has written more than 70 books on all kinds of subjects: from arts and crafts to biographies of famous people. Her books have received positive reviews from Booklist, Library Media Connection, and School Library Journal. When she’s not busy writing, she loves biking and hiking with her husband and young son in the many beautiful parks of the state. Visit her online at http://latchanakenney.wordpress.com/.

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School Library Journal

“[T]his useful compendium offers realistic situations and simple advice for talking with children about feelings.”—School Library Journal