Book Review: Bax and his Bubbles (OT)(children's book)

Bax and his Bubbles: All About a Kid and his Thoughts, by Sonia Amin (Sanasamal, 2020, $19.99, 28 pp, ages 4-8)

How Can Bubbles Help a Kid?

We'e all seen comic strips where the characters 'speak' using speech bubbles (words appearing in bubbles above them yet connected to or pointing to them) but have you heard of thought bubbles? 

Bax thought bubbles were just regular bubbles, but thought bubbles are special - they are regular bubbles, but their insides hold the words that Bax is thinking! Everything he says or does starts with a thought inside his head.

Pre-Reading, During Reading and Post-Reading Questions

After reading the story about Bax and his bubbles and discussing the questions at the back of the book, kids will understand how using thought bubbles can transform the way they think and behave. They will learn which thoughts and which thought bubbles are angry or mean ones and which ones are happy or excited thoughts. But, more importantly, young readers will learn how to release negative thought bubbles but keep the happy ones.

Read and Listen

Sarah Ferguson reads Bax and his Bubbles on Youtube's "Fergie and Friends." Youngsters can also read the Bax book along with Accelerated Reading ReadingBooks4U here. Budding young artists can even tune in to Story Time with Andy and not only read along but also draw along!