This book regards an emotion that all human beings, no matter what age, have experienced - anger. People cope with this strong emotion in a variety of ways. This story tells about how a little girl named Sophie deals with her anger. After having a stuffed Gorilla taken from her by her sister, Sophie is furious. In an effort to calm down, Sophie leaves her house. Once outside, Sophie cries, finds a tree to climb, and takes comfort in observing nature. When Sophie's mood improves, she goes back home where things are back to normal again.
I believe this book is a valuable resource to teach children ways they can deal with their anger. Molly Bang uses warm colors, vibrant shades of reds and oranges, to convey Sophie's anger. She then transforms those colors into cool hues of greens and blues to depict a calming mood. I feel this is a very intesting way to illustrate the contrasting emotions evident in this book. The use of color in this example of children's literature is phenomenal!
Molly Bang has written few books that deal with emotions. However, she did illustrate the book, The Day Leo Said I Hate You! written by Robie Harris. In this story, a boy named Leo deals with frustration when he gets angry at his mother.
Molly Bang has also written and illustrated several children's books, such as Ten, Nine, Eight and My Light. These books do not have related themes. For example, Ten, Nine, Eight is about a little girl preparing for bedtime and My Light tells about how humans use the sun.
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