Munchy and Jumpy Tales Volume 1: A Social-Emotional Book for Kids about Practicing Mindfulness, Finding Joy, and Getting Second Chances | Read-Aloud ... and Emotional Learning Stories and Workbooks)

These tales take us through the everyday adventures of Munchy and Jumpy. The bunnies don't always make the best of a situation. Fortunately, they're equipped to reflect on how the day went. They learn how to manage their emotions and make decisions that make them, and others, happier. Prompts throughout the stories help adult companions engage children in the tales, such as through physical action or speculation about what will happen next. In addition, questions at the end of each story are helpful discussion starters so that children can learn the same lessons as Munchy and Jumpy. The illustrations are marvelous. Those ears! Recommended for helping children recognize the feelings of others and their own emotions and make better social-emotional choices.

Entertaining stories designed to help children discuss, develop, and apply social/emotional awareness and introduce them to mindfulness. I love the characters, stories, and illustrations. There are little suggestions throughout each story about ways to have children move or discuss what is happening -- I think these are a great bonus! Mostly though, I want to share that while reading this aloud to a child, I (a middle-aged adult) chuckled a lot at the humorous writing! And I enjoyed discussing the questions, too. A win/win.

The book arrived yesterday. My son will be 4 in a month. He wanted to read each of the stories throughout the evening yesterday and was able to respond accurately to about 40-50% of the questions. He was definitely trying to think through the various situations. This is a great tool to encourage empathy and emotional processing. I went to get him up this morning and he was sitting on his bed "reading" the book again!

My kids absolutely love the stories. It leaves a lot of room for discussion during and after the story has been read and the kids want to go back and read them over and over again.

This book has 4 stories about two bunnies who don't live mindfully but are given the opportunity to "redo" their days and live more mindfully with better outcomes. My daughter (4 and a 1/2 years old) really enjoyed hearing the stories and she was engaged in the discussion questions at the end of each story. She has requested to read them again. I found the book helpful for starting conversations with her about deep breathing, noticing your own emotions, noticing other's emotions, and personality characteristics.

This book is so great I’m so many levels! It’s visually beautiful, engaging and effective in its purpose. I love it and I am buying one for every friend who has a young child!

Wonderful childrens' tales with beautiful illustrations. Good teaching aid, stories told in a fun and amusing way.I look forward to Volume II !

Fun stories, and a cool focus with suggestions for conversations to have with your children about the story. Five stars!