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Max and the What-If Monster
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Publisher: Ls Creative Publishing
Pages: 36
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.07 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Max has a busy, buzzy mind. It hums while he brushes his teeth. It hums while he ties his shoes. Most of his questions are the fun kind - What if dogs could talk? - until Show-and-Tell day arrives and a different sort of question shows up.
What if I mess up? What if somebody laughs?
POOF! The What-If Monster appears - tall and swirly and wobbly, and made of nothing but worries.
Max can't argue it away. But he remembers what Grandma told him: when your thoughts run fast, let your breath go slow. Then he tries something braver still. For every worried what-if the monster whispers, Max answers back with a hopeful one - until the monster is small enough to sit in his palm like a little marshmallow.
A warm, funny read-aloud for ages 4 to 8 about anxious thoughts, big feelings, and the quiet courage of trying anyway. Bright, cheerful illustrations keep even the worried pages soft and inviting, and Max's simple breathing rhythm gives children a tool they can carry long after the last page.
Inside this book:
- A calming breath children can practice on easy days and hard ones
- The What-If Flip - trading a worried question for a hopeful one
- A note for grown-ups with ways to carry the story off the page
- A draw-your-own brave what-if activity page
Perfect for bedtime, first-day-of-school jitters, classroom read-alouds, and any child whose worries ask a great many questions.
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