My Super Skills: Animals and Affirmations (Super Skills Series)

I can honestly say, this is my new favorite children’s book out there! I am a licensed school counselor with children of my own. This book truly touched me as I read it to my own kids for the first time. In the author’s note, we see how practicing coping skills makes a big difference for children and helps rewire the brain. I saw this in action as my children immediately began acting out each coping strategy and then returned to the book to learn the next. It was a beautiful sight! The author uses animals (how fun) and a super sister to teach coping skills to help deal with the feelings we all face on a regular basis— sadness, frustration, worry, anger. This book is truly brilliant, and what an easy, effective, and fun way to teach our children the skills they need for a bright future. Not only that, but we can practice these skills with our children as adults too! I highly recommend this book!! 5 stars all the way! I’d give it more if I could!

My Sister’s Super Skills is a great introduction to coping skills for kids. In this book a boy named David gets help from his big sister to learn to cope with his feelings by using animal-based coping skills. I love that these are really kid friendly techniques and that the first step is to “name you’re feeling to begin the healing.“ Another line I appreciated that Lily, the big sister, says to David is “name it to tame it. Feel it to heal it.“There are various kid friendly coping strategies in this book including horse breath where you take a deep breath and exhale while slapping your lips, thinking like a lion with affirmations, practicing self-care like a cat slowing down like a sloth laughing like a chimp etc.So many kids love animals so I know this book will be a great hit with the kids I work with!

As I read this book to my daughter I could see how intrigued she was and how she loved the cute and clever coping mechanisms in the book! It was adorable and I understand how helpful it is to have these techniques on hand when kids feel overwhelmed! As an adult I can even utilize them myself! Deep breathing, laughter, being aware of your emotions. All very powerful. This is a wonderful and important book to have on hand as your child grapples with different emotions that may surface. I love this book! Extremely well done!

“My Sister’s Super Skills” is an excellent tool for teachers, parents, counselors, and kids everywhere. I’m in the mental health field and worked with kids for 5 years. I know from experience that they learn best from play and reading. This book is fun and engaging. It highlights key concepts of coping skills and self regulation. It’s also a nice reminder for adults that they should practice self care and model these skills for their children.

As a teacher and mom, I highly recommend this book! Written by a child and adolescent therapist, the book is full of great strategies kids can use to help with their social and emotional skills. The strategies are easy to follow, fun and engaging- many of them compare to animals. This is a good book for kids, teachers, parents, social workers, anyone who works with kids!

Wow! Just Wow! This book has it all!! Mindfulness Exercises for young children and all the tips to help them to survive our crazy world! I wish I had a book like this when I was growing up! It would have definitely prepared for me for the real world a little bit more.I will definitely keep this book in our Storytime rotation! Kudos to the author on this masterpiece!

Love all the great tips in this book. The use of animal comparisons is great and helps you visualise all the different actions, making it fun and interactive at the same time. Great book to help with social emotional learning.

Lauren Mosback’s picture book for children, My Sister’s Super Skills, is a short and simple introduction for young children to develop the emotional vocabulary to express and manage emotions. Through simple illustrations, parents can use the book as a guide to help children identify & label their emotions and practice simple strategies to ‘take charge’ and practice emotional regulation. Written by a Licensed Professional Counselor, the concepts are clear and concise! As an LPC and licensed family therapist, I recommend it to all parents with joy!Laxmi Parmeswar, MA MS LPC, Licensed Psychotherapist

When a young boy is feeling upset and irritable, his older sister jumps in with lots of things for him to try to make himself feel better. With fun, bright illustrations, this picture book provides a wealth of simple advice for kids about what they can do to cheer themselves up when they feel down.I love how the author explains different coping skills by referring to different animals. Kids will enjoy trying out the different techniques as they mimic the different animals, and this will no doubt help them remember the different suggestions when they are needed. A useful resource.

A great idea to put these coping strategies for kids into a sweet story, beautifully illustrated, and such a fun read too. It’s certain to appeal to young kids and will help them to feel happier

It's a lovely idea to introduce children to feelings and emotions, and also show them how to cope with them. I would highly recommend it.

Excellent easy to understand book for children beginning to understand emotions.

A great story about managing feelings. Thank you. I am the PSHE lead at my school and it’s one to add to my collection.