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Sometimes I Kaploom

Name: Sometimes I Kaploom
ISBN: 9781338840308

by Rachel Vail, Hyewon Yum

Subject: Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings
Age: 3-5 years
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 40
Publisher: Scholastic, Incorporated
Size: 26.4 cm × 26.1 cm
ISBN: 9781338840308

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.

About the creators

Rachel VailAuthor

Rachel Vail is the award-winning author of more than 40 beloved books. Her picture books include Sometimes I’m Bombaloo and Sometimes I Kaploom, a Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year. Her most recent novels for young people are Bad Best Friend; Well, That Was Awkward; and the A Is for Elizabeth series, all Junior Library Guild Gold selections. Rachel lives in New York City with her husband, their two sons, and a tortoise named Lightning. Visit rachelvail.com.

Hyewon YumIllustrator

Hyewon Yum is the author and illustrator of many acclaimed books for children, including Not Little, written by Maya Myers. Her book Mom, It's My First Day of Kindergarten! received the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family.

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What reviewers said

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

Booklist, starred review

"Vail ensures big feelings are thoroughly acknowledged; Yum's art assures Vail's words get empathically recognized."

Shelf Awareness

"Sensitive and emotionally true, a comforting portrayal of big emotions."

Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Emotions bubble over in this wise picture book about how a child deals with anger. Heo's (Father's Rubber Shoes) highly patterned rnixed-media illustrations, alternately warm and perky, use vibrant backgrounds, blocks of color, and carefully chosen images to depict Katie's emotional tornado."

Publishers Weekly

"A keen-eyed view on the evolution and eruption of a child's tantrum and its aftermath... An honest and understanding appraisal of tantrums from the child's perspective."

Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Vail gets right inside a kid's psyche, and Heo's inventive artwork catches the kaleidoscope of emotions found there in a book that is both realistic and funny. Kudos to Vail and Heo for making a scary subject manageable."

Booklist, starred review