Peace, Bugs, and Understanding: An Adventure in Sibling Harmony

I love the gentle quality of the story that teaches children to accept and take care of the anger inside of themselves and how to transform it with awareness to love and care. The illustrations are soft and engaging and bring a comfort to the storytelling that promotes a restful calm. This is a wonderful book to read to children and it touches adults as well.

Lots of sibling rivalry going on. Lots of times when one needs to calm down and doesn't know how. The kids (boy, girl-6) both like the story. I think they like Anh's Anger and the other Anh book a bit better... They pay attention when I read it. It's an excellent message and teaches a valuable skill... Care about another person. Calm down.

soothing story for children that helps them make friends with their own anger

What a fantastic book. This was perfect for my 4 year old whom is about to receive a new sister. I also liked the illustrations.

a little wordy but a great story line

Lilly is having a picnic, but her little sister, Ruby, keeps ruining things. But just as Lilly starts to snap, her father hands her a special old book, a journal kept by his own grandfather. Lilly gets lost in the story of how her great-grandfather, Lanh, struggles with his own sister, and how he meets a strange frog who is his Anger. Lanh learns that he must soothe his Anger, and search for his Metta, or "loving kindness." I find the latter term a little jarring, but I can see that it would be useful to have a word for this to use with a young child.Lanh learns to calm himself down and focus on wishing for the happiness of another, in this case his sister. Lilly sees herself in the story, and realizes that she, too, must soothe her anger and focus on wishing for the happiness of her little sister, who doesn't mean to break things or cause trouble.The lovely watercolors by Youme Nguyen Ly project a sense of calm that works beautifully with the message. I think this would be a very helpful book for parents of young children or for preschools.I would recommend this for children in preschool through second grade, but especially to be read with an adult.

This is a beautiful book that helps kids with their anger through breathing and meditation, especially when interacting with siblings! Peace, Bugs, and Understanding helps kids visualize their anger, sit with it, and breathe through it to transform anger into kindness. What an important life skill! The illustrations are beautiful, and it includes the grandfather from Ahn’s Anger (as a little boy). Another great book from Gail Silver!

This is an amazing book for kids of any age and I would say even adults. It teaches how to deal with anger. This is part of a series of other Gail Silver books on this topic and I would recommend them all. My son and I read these books before bed and then discuss them. When he gets angry, I remind him of the book and methodology outlined and he calms much faster, he is learning how to apply techniques outside of the house too. I am very glad someone was able to address such complex for kids topic in such a wonderful way.