Shrink Your Stress

How to Keep Calm

From the Series Health Smarts (Early Bird Stories ™)

  • Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2
  • Reading Level: Grade 1

Anna is stressed. She doesn’t know how she will juggle her schoolwork and soccer. Readers discover, alongside Anna, how to how to balance tasks and fight stress.

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Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 2
Reading Level Grade 1
Category SEL: B Self-Management, SEL: E Responsible Decision-Making, Social Emotional Learning
Copyright 2022
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Brand Early Bird Stories ™
Imprint Lerner Publications ™
Language English
Number of Pages 24
Publication Date 2021-08-01
Text Type Informational Fiction
BISACS JUV015030, JUV039240, JUV035000
Dewey 155.9/042
Dimensions 9 x 9
Lexile 500
Guided Reading Level J
ATOS Reading Level 2.4
Accelerated Reader® Points 0.5
Features Bibliography/further reading, Fast facts, Glossary, Index, Note to educators, Table of contents, Teaching Guides, and eSource

Author: Gina Bellisario

Gina Bellisario is the author of fiction and nonfiction books for young readers (and the grown-ups who read to them). She lives with her husband and their twin young readers in Park Ridge, Illinois.

Illustrator: Renée Kurilla

Renee Kurilla is an illustrator, dabbling author, and Lead Artist at FableVision Studios.

She got her start in animation working as a character designer on the Discovery Kids TV adaptation of Time Warp Trio. She has since illustrated many books for kids including Margarita Engle’s Tree Dancers: Orangutanka (2015) and Stuart J. Murphy’s I See I Learn (4 titles, 2010).

Her work at FableVision has contributed to multiple honors, including the graphic novel Zebrafish (2008), a Junior Library Guild selection, and the Ranger Rick’s Tree House App for the National Wildlife Federation, which won a 2013 Parents’ Choice Award.

Renée lives just outside Boston, MA with her husband and fluffy cat, her primary sketchbook inspiration.


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Health Smarts (Early Bird Stories ™)

What are your healthy habits? From personal hygiene to stress management, young readers will learn about a variety of ways to stay healthy with the help of diverse characters. These appealing stories feature critical-thinking and comprehension questions to encourage reader engagement. View available downloads →