“Flustered Without Mustard:
Finding Calm When Frustrated & Angry”
This is a great read aloud for parents, teachers, and counselors!
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Barbara ‘Rhubarb’ Haas taught elementary, tween, teens, adults, and fellow teachers, always aiming to inspire them to find their own unique voices in the world. She called any book with insights a wisdom book and used them to invoke thinking, enliven classroom conversations, motivate journal writing, and build character skills.
The wondrous rhythms and lighthearted watercolors enhance this story about a hot dog vendor who runs out of mustard and his customers’ reactions. There are many ways offered to get calm and to deal with challenging emotions with life’s unexpected situations.
Whimsical illustrations are by Mary Ann ‘JuneHog’ Kruse, Barbara’s sister and are great for the brain to remember the concepts.
The tale is 15 minutes long, yet has so many ideas to ponder and integrate into life that guarantee to spark discussions and writing.
“The evidence has become so overwhelming that
social scientists now consider read-aloud time one of
the most important indicators of a child’s prospects in life.”
– Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Enchanted Hour:
The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
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