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"Kids get frustrated when things don't go the way they expect them to. This book helps kids recognize when they're feeling frustrated and offers lots of ideas for stepping back from frustration and finding healthy ways to deal with it"--

Zach and his family go to the beach, but Zach is having a lousy day. First, he dropped his toothbrush in the toilet. Then his best friend went to someone else's birthday party instead of joining him. But most frustrating of all, he can't get his kite to fly! Zach kicks sand, yells angry words, and asks his dad if they can just go home now. Instead, his dad teaches him a simple, three-step approach to get a handle on frustration and find a way to enjoy...

A little girl has a wonderful idea. With the help of her canine assistant, she is going to make the most magnificent thing! She knows just how it will look. She knows just how it will work. But making the most magnificent thing turns out to be harder than she thinks.

Told in rhyming text, a little girl is having a day where absolutely nothing goes right, a day filled with frustration and annoyances, but even bad days end eventually.

"Si evitamos que nuestros hijos se frustren, evitamos que crezcan y que maduren. De nosotros los adultos depende reaccionar sin miedo y sin culpa, con amor, pues frustrar es educar. Así como el dolor, las frustraciones son inevitables si se quiere vivir a plenitud. Lamentablemente, el cansancio y el estrés nos dejan a los padres desgastados emocionalmente y sin fuerzas para limitar las demandas de nuestros hijos. Es imprescindible, entonces, que...

Lots of little, everyday frustrations make Nina mad, and she is very good at expressing her feelings.

When the ball doesn't behave during his tennis match, Snoopy's frustration grows, until Woodstock reminds him that it's not about winning it's about having fun.