Barbara Throws a Wobbler

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John Burningham mastered the skill with Granpa, as did Julia Donaldson and Rebecca Cobb with The Paper Dolls. Vibrant illustrations of Barbara’s moods, especially the onset of the Wobbler, add to the effectiveness of the message. Every child deserves the chance to have an empathetic adult in their lives, and Miss Flotsam shows how powerfully transformative this can be.It all gets a bit much and she throws a wobbler - which was suddenly actually there, hovering above her head. Ice cream falling from her cone onto the ground is the last straw, and “Barbara thr[ows] a GREAT BIG… / WOBBLER! Through a laugh-out-loud story and loveable character, Nadia Shireen shows how to understand and dispel anxieties, one jitter at a time. As ever, Shireen’s humour and empathy with little ones shines through, creating a book that totally gets exactly how frustrating life can be when you’re small, but also knows that tantrums are just a part of life and – maybe – something that we can all laugh about, afterwards. Every January EmpathyLab launches its annual Read For Empathy collections – 60 books for 4-16 year olds.

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