• Sometimes I Kaploom (A Big Feelings Book)

Sometimes I Kaploom
(A Big Feelings Book)

Author
Illustrator
Hyewon Yum
Publication Date
August 01, 2023
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
Sometimes I Kaploom (A Big Feelings Book)

Description

Another heartfelt and tender story about dealing with BIG feelings from the bestselling author of Sometimes I'm Bombaloo and Sometimes I Grumblesquinch, Rachel Vail.

Katie Honors is a really brave kid. She can go to bed with just one small night light. She can hold her tears in when it's time to say goodbye to her mom at school. But sometimes Katie isn't ready to say goodbye and doesn't feel brave at all. When this happens, she Kaplooms! She refuses to let go of her mom, and everything is flurried as she begins to cry. Her emotions feel frightening. It's not the Katie Honors she wants to be. But her mother assures Katie that she can be both brave and sad, brave and crying, brave and scared.

Sometimes I Kaploom masterfully explores how hard it can be for children when they're nervous or scared and have to transition to new places and faces when they just don't feel quite ready. In another poignant, honest, and insightful story, readers learn along with Katie that bravery and fear are not mutually exclusive.

Publication date
August 01, 2023
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781338840308
Publisher
Orchard Books
Series
A Big Feelings Book
BISAC categories
JUV039050 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
JUV013060 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
JUV035000 - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education

Kirkus

Comfort for both children and parents in an all-too-familiar situation. 

ALA/Booklist

Starred Review

Vail and Yum have here created a helpful book for parents and children dealing with separation anxiety.

Rachel Vail
Rachel Vail never intended to become a writer. As a teenager she believed her only skill was eavesdropping, and therefore she planned to become a spy. But as a freshman at Georgetown University, Vail realized that her skill could be put to use. By writing down conversations she overheard, the stories in her head evolved into plays, and eventually into novels. Vail is the author of Wonder and lives in New York City with her husband and their son.
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