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**﻿ Mouse Was Mad**



Mouse is mad and keeps coping other animals actions to try and get his anger out. At the end of the book, Mouse finds the best way for him to handle his anger.
 * Summary **


 * Discussion Questions **
 * 1) How would you decide what is the best way for you to get your anger out?
 * 2) What ideas or strategies can you add to help handle your anger?
 * 3) Do you agree that everyone handles their anger differently? Why or why not?


 * Classroom Activity **
 * Have children act out or describe what they do when they feel mad.
 * Ask children how they know someone is mad. Show pictures of people showing different emotions and have children identify the pictures that show people being mad.
 * Sing If Your Angry and You Know It by Jack Hartmann

[|If Your Angry & You Know It by Jack Hartmann] The words and music to the song If Your Angry and You Know It.
 * Resource Links **

[|Book review by a child] A child gives a video book review of the book __Mouse Was Mad__.

[|Linda Urban's webpage] The homepage for the author, Linda Urban.

[|Henry Cole's webpage] The homepage for the illustrator, Henry Cole. There are some very nice games to play using his artwork on this website.

[|Mouse Was Mad book activities] This website has activities for the book __Mouse Was Mad__ and other children's books.

Cole, H. (2009). [Mouse was mad cover] [Illustration]. Retrieved from http://booksforkidsblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/mouse-was-mad-by-linda-urban.html Urban, L. (2009). //Mouse was mad//. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing.
 * References **

//Submitted by Becky Aughenbaugh//