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My Thoughts Are Clouds: Poems for Mindfulness by Georgia Heard

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artemisiaday's review

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

hanlapham's review

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing

4.25

Category: Poetry

Title: My Thoughts are Clouds

Author: Georgia Heard

Illustrator: Isabel Roxas

Date Published: February 9, 2021

Age Appropriateness:

This book would be beneficial for young kids to begin teaching them different breathing / mental health tips. As students get older, I think this would be a good book for them to explore and unpack on their own, then come together as a class and reflect on it.

Summary:

This poetry book goes through breathing, mindfulness, and growth mindset exercises. Kids learn how to do these implementations and why they are beneficial to them. There are many breathing and mindfulness exercises that teach kids how to express their feelings in a healthy way.

Review:

I think this book does a really good job applying the big emotions many young kids have and combat it with ways to help them through it. It compares feelings sort of to weather and how it changes, just like a person. It validates that a person can be happy, angry, sad– saying that emotions can change and it is okay as long as you are taking care of yourself and not hurting those around you.

optimaggie's review

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3.0

I was really hoping to like this book, it seemed like exactly what I was looking for. It wasn't. As a book of poetry it is definitely lacking. As a book with activities for mindfulness to use with my son it was lacking. There are a few good nuggets: square breathing, savoring a morsel of food, etc. The book is good, it just isn't great. I'm glad that we read the library's copy and didn't buy our own.