Arthur is having the absolutely worst day ever (but adding to the fun of his tantrums we never discover what exactly went wrong). Arthur stamps and huffs and roars. He stomps and huffs and roars some more and then he decides to run away. He makes it as far as the end of the garden and then realises he is hungry but when he gets up off the grass and turns around he sees a huge forest is now blocking his way.
"There's no time to go around it ... So I had better go through it instead."
After a while Arthur meets a bear. It's a huge bear and he is stomping all over the place. Arthur joins in with the stomping and, in a delightful twist, the stomping turns into dancing. Next Arthur meets an elephant. The elephant is huffing and puffing so Arthur joins in and those huffs turn into a tune.
Preschool children will enjoy the pattern of this story. The lion is roaring but when Arthur joins in the sound turns into a yodel. Together with his three new friends Arthur finds his way back home and, just like the magic of Where the Wild things are by Maurice Sendak, no time has passed and his hot dinner is waiting for him.
"In fact it was almost as if he'd never been gone."
Listen to an audio sample of The Best Worst day Ever here. Check out my previous post about Sophy Henn who makes book which are perfect for sharing with preschool children. If you are talking about emotions and anger management with an older child I also recommend How to recycle your Feelings. I also adore The Rabbit Listened.
Here are some other books by Sophy Henn:
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