Synopsis
Pleasant thoughts cause pleasant feelings and unpleasant thoughts cause unpleasant or difficult feelings. In other words, it's not always the situation you're in that triggers your emotions, but what you think about the situation.
Through this non-fiction book for children, you will experience a number of more or less neutral situations together with the two main characters that trigger completely different emotions in the two children. The hope is that by reading the book and talking about the story with an adult, children will understand the connection between thoughts and feelings. Such understanding is an important part of understanding their own and others' feelings and actions.
Reviews
"Well-written and easily comprehensible story which can form the foundation for a good conversation about the interplay between thoughts and emotions. The questions and tasks are simple and are a good help in deciding what you - as an adult - should focus on along the way." – (Lektørudtalelse (Library review)
Personal note from the author
There are many correct answers to the questions and the suggestions should not be seen as a list of answers, but only as inspiration to come up with your own answers.
After reading the story, you can practise finding and changing thoughts if you like. There are exercises at the back of the book. Here you can also read more about why it's important to teach children about their own and others' thoughts.
