The volume of Mean People by Toni and Slade Morrison illustrated by the agency of Pascal LeMaitre Hyperion Books for Children September 2002 $1699 ISBN 0-786-80540-4 Toni Morrison and her son Slade have teamed up for a children's book--the secondary for the Nobel Prize writer--that takes a witty to this time candid look at anger from the perspective of a child.

The volume of Mean People by Toni and Slade Morrison illustrated by the agency of Pascal LeMaitre Hyperion Books for Children September 2002 $1699 ISBN 0-786-80540-4

Toni Morrison and her son Slade have teamed up for a children's book--the secondary for the Nobel Prize writer--that takes a witty to this time candid look at anger from the perspective of a child. Observ between the sides of the eyes of a nameless rabbit, the story captures the relationships and daily rencounters that children experience at abode and in the outside world that can make them perceive irritated, frustrated and powerless.

Published in conjunction with a same-titled interactive journal that is written and illustrated on the three, The Book of Mean tribe tackles what can sometimes be a difficult make subordinate for parents and kids.

The title itself is an admission that it's okay to acknowledge negative emotions, something that children oftentimes have difficulty negotiating in various social settings. The part also gently chides parents about their confess angry behavior by illustrating the impact it has onward children.

In a not-so-obvious way, the main division and the journal serve as a preschool primer in anger-management therapy.

--Evette Porter is BIBR's executive editor.

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