Comments on: review of picture book The Day Leo Said I Hate You! http://cherylrainfield.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/14/review-of-picture-book-the-day-leo-said-i-hate-you/ Avid Reader, Teen Fiction Writer, and Book-a-holic. All Things Books, With a Focus on Children's and Teen Fiction Wed, 23 May 2012 01:30:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Cheryl http://cherylrainfield.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/14/review-of-picture-book-the-day-leo-said-i-hate-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1418 Cheryl Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:30:02 +0000 http://cherylrainfield.com/blog/?p=1216#comment-1418 Elizabeth, I love Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day! I can see the connection; it’s a good one. I don't think this book explores the negative, though. I think it helps kids to better cope with emotion and boundary setting. A Day With My Dad at the Beach sounds lovely. And how warming that it inspired your husband to connect with your daughter. Elizabeth, I love Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day! I can see the connection; it’s a good one.

I don’t think this book explores the negative, though. I think it helps kids to better cope with emotion and boundary setting.

A Day With My Dad at the Beach sounds lovely. And how warming that it inspired your husband to connect with your daughter.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://cherylrainfield.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/14/review-of-picture-book-the-day-leo-said-i-hate-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1415 Elizabeth Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:37:09 +0000 http://cherylrainfield.com/blog/?p=1216#comment-1415 For some reason, this kind of reminds me of a younger version of "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day," but for younger kids. How good it is for them to know that the "no's" annoy lots of kids, not just them! There are so many wonderful picture books for kids out there, and I just wanted to recommend one we recently got, <a href="http://www.adaywithmydad.com" rel="nofollow"> A Day With My Dad at the Beach.</a> The Leo book explores the negative and this one highlights the positive emotions and love between a dad and daughter. This book has really inspired my husband to make a real effort to connect with our daughter. He finds it hard to figure out what's fun to do and now he just knows he simply needs to spend time with her doing whatever. (Though the beach theme of this book got him to take her to the lake by our house last weekend!) For some reason, this kind of reminds me of a younger version of “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” but for younger kids. How good it is for them to know that the “no’s” annoy lots of kids, not just them!

There are so many wonderful picture books for kids out there, and I just wanted to recommend one we recently got,
A Day With My Dad at the Beach. The Leo book explores the negative and this one highlights the positive emotions and love between a dad and daughter. This book has really inspired my husband to make a real effort to connect with our daughter. He finds it hard to figure out what’s fun to do and now he just knows he simply needs to spend time with her doing whatever. (Though the beach theme of this book got him to take her to the lake by our house last weekend!)

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