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Silver, Gail

Anh's Anger

40 pp. | Plum Blossom | September, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-1-888375-94-7 $16.95

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Christiane Krömer. After five-year-old Anh gets frustrated, cries, and scatters his blocks, Grandfather sends him to his room. There Anh meets a hairy, red-faced creature: his anger. Together, they howl and pound the floor. But after Anh sits still and breathes, his anger disappears. Based on Thich Nhat Hanh's Buddhist teachings, this time-out story's text is occasionally stiff, but the textured collages are expressive and striking.

Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey