William Wobbly and the Very Bad Day: A story about when feelings become too big (Therapeutic Parenting Books)

Very helpful! My daughter has carried this book around with her, read it to us, to herself, shown it to others. Today she made a breakthrough and was able to describe feelings and relate them to events that occured in her first family, using language and images from this book. This was the first time she was able to talk openly about negative things her first mom did and describe how she felt during that time, and how it makes her feel day to day now.

Sarah Naish has done it again! I guarantee your jaw will drop when you see your adopted, resistant child in the pages of this book. Helps parents AND children understand post trauma and how it comes out as annoying behavior.

Wonderful for those hard days!

Great book for kids

I like the foster care/adoption angle to the story and it really helps to put somethings in perspective for my sons, but I wish the story would go a bit further in expanding the ending of the book

I got this because my friends were talking about William Wobbly and the other books in the series. The books are written about a real group of adopted siblings and it shows! You can fell the authenticity in the characters emotions and anxieties. I had to read it first and have a little cry, before reading it to my daughter. It is her favourite book now and we use it to help her through all her fears. Thank you for writing theses books, they have made such a difference.

Fantastic....what a clever way to reach out to a worried and frightened child. This is so helpful. Thank You.

The font is very unpleasant to read over several pages.

Amazing book. I work with children and find they really connect to the meaning of the book. Worth every penny.

This series of books by Sarah Naish are worth their weight in gold for parents of children with attachment difficulties. I can't recommend them highly enough!!!

I wasn't sure about buying this book but am so glad I did. There's something "real" about it which has a spellbinding effect on my foster son age 7, when we read it he doesn't even chat, just silently takes in the story and how William feels. Through it he has realised that that feeling he gets leading up to and during a meltdown is real and happens to other people too and we refer to it as his "wobbly feeling" now just like William in the book. This has helped us identify that feeling a bit earlier and have good chats about that feeling during the calmer times. Just one way that Sarah Naish has helped us with fostering, I have to say..

As a child protection social worker working with children in care, foster carers & adopters. I can wholeheartedly recommend the series of books relating to William Wobbly and his siblings. These books allow children to to develop their emotional literacy and understanding their biggest and scariest feelings. These books work for the smallest children up to teenagers (yes really) as they are relatable on so many levels. These books are a must for adopters, foster carers, children in care, adopted children, children with additional needs and any child who needs help with developing self awareness and emotional literacy

I bought this book to read with my son who is 3 now, he has difficulties with angry outbursts , including hitting and pushing, at nursery and was adopted himself. This book has been great to read with him, although he struggles to sit still right through as it’s maybe a little long for a busy 3 year old. I think the message about him having a good heart and being loved and helped by mum is such a great message for him to learn and this is a great way of sharing it with him.