Forgive and Let Go!: A book about forgiveness (Being the Best Me!®)

Bought this book for my home daycare and the kids enjoy it. The book is a great size and the pictures are great without reading the words we talked about what was happening. The book give great examples and is simple enough for my preschool group to understand.

Wonderful series for morals and learning how to accept and behave politely. Kids aren't born knowing how to react to things and this helps them consider what to do.

Love these positive books. Great way to help children solve issues or things that upset them.

SUMMARY: This book is told in first person by a boy who is learning how to control his anger and frustration and how to forgive others. When someone does something wrong against him, he speaks to that person when he can and tells them how he feels. Even when the other person does not apologize for a wrong, he is learning how to forgive because it makes himself feel better. ILLUSTRATIONS: The illustrations appear to be digitally created. They are colorful and full of expression and life. There are a variety of children of different races represented. REVIEW: I enjoyed this book very much. It covered the subject of forgiveness from several angles. It discusses the anger felt when someone does something wrong to you and reasons why the boy would want to let go of that anger. It discusses how forgiving others is good for yourself not just the other person. The language is simple for even the youngest learners. And there are four full pages of questions and activities in the back that can be used by teachers and parents alike. AGE RECOMMENDATION: Advertized for ages 4-8 NOTE: I received an ARC of this book from Free Spirit Publishing through Net Galley for an honest review. My reviews are always 100% honest based on preset criteria.

As with other books from this series, if the kid's 3-4, it's a lot more work for whoever reads to them. This book just involves too much work that I've decided to hold it until my daughter is 5 or 6. It is NOT very helpful for a young child just learning and establishing her own boundaries. Forgiveness IS an important virtue, BUT they've got to know a few premises first: what counts as small things? What are big and important things? Where are your boundaries and where do you draw the line? What are the situations where you can just let go and what are those that it's not healthy or fair to ask you to let go? When should you speak up and/stand up for yourself? When should you just shrug and walk away? Without such knowledge, a young child may get really confused. So I would say this book may be a better read for a 7 yo, instead of a 4 yo. I would gladly find a book about boundaries and kind but effective ways of establishing them, instead of this one or a young child.

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Because my son has a hard time with saying sorry and is known to hold a grudge the second I saw this one on *Netgalley I knew I had to request it. Forgive and Let Go shows situations where children may become angry because of something another person does. It emphasizes that saying your sorry is important learning to forgive people for making mistakes even if they fail to apologize. I appreciated this book for the message it was teaching. I love that it validated children's feelings when others do things that hurt/bother them. But it also taught that you have to let things go and forgive others. The pictures did a good job representing the different situations that were brought up. I might have to read this to my son a few more times to help reinforce the message to him but he seemed to understand what the book was trying to say. I think though we will still have a hard time getting him to say he is sorry. I would say this was a 4 out of 5 stars. *I received a free copy of this ebook from Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion **This book was read with my special needs son who is severely learning disabled. The review reflects not only my opinion but his as well

This is a great intro book for learning to forgive and let go. I do feel to get the most from the book, utilizing the activity and reinforcement ideas at the back is very important. Forgiving and apologizing can sometimes be hard, the activities should help with the words to use and how to approach. Beautiful illustrations. This is a fantastic series!! Reviewed through Netgalley for Free Spirit Press for an honest review.