Holdin Pott

This was a cute story and seemed to be engaging with the children I read it to. There was a little confusion from the children about the narrative and some thought the book was suggesting holding in anger was a good thing to do. It prompted a discussion and most were able to get the concept after talking through it.

It's a cute book with a deep topic. Kiddos likes the pictures and I liked the fact they were learning while having fun "blowing the lids" (their words).

This book was a fun way for my nephews to see how holding onto feelings can turn out bad.

This was a cute book about holding in emotions until you blow your lid. I really liked that it showed the dad pot supporting the child pot with managing his emotions in a different way than he had been raised (to keep it all in). It did seem to end very abruptly and I thought there was going to be more about how to help little ones manage their feelings. Very cute though!

Cute book

Great visualization of the effects of holding in your emotions.

Chandra is a wonderful author. I heard her speak years ago and love how she helps parents or others help kids talk about hard things. this was just another wonderful opportunity for that. Holdin Pott is there for Little pott and is able to help him manage his feelings.

Such a cute book about holding our feelings in and what that feels like. And how we can burst if we don’t get them out.

Really cute book with an awesome message.

I am a mental health counselor and love sharing this book with kids about emotions. Super easy to read and the kids ans families love it too! Thank you

This is a sweet story that teaches three values: Bottling up our emotions is detrimental, a good self-regulation example from an adult can go a long way for a child, and watching someone else model acceptance can help others be accepting, too.

This book is such a sweet story for children to help them understand stress and big emotions. My kids really enjoyed this.

WOW! What a great book! It was a great book to read with my students and opened up a lot of discussion. Such a great story with great pictures! Love this book! Will read it again with my new students. Thanks for making this available.

This is a great book to support big emotions and SEL teaching. So grateful for this sweet story to share with my class!

Holdin Pott is a sweet book about emotions. The book uses the analogy of pots and steam to help children and adults alike understand the importance acknowledging and understanding your emotions, as well as supporting others. This book could be used to facilitate SEL discussions.

I’ve read this book multiple times to my kids. We really enjoy the pictures/illustrations, there great! I feel this is a perfect example/reference to use about letting things bottle up inside and helping start conversations of how to talk about it.

Great book for kids understanding the challenge of big emotions.

Holdin Pott is a cute story that teaches what may happen to those who keep in feelings of anger and sadness. I think this would be a good addition in helping teach self-regulation for young children.

My kids love this book! It's a great story about facing your emotions rather than keeping them bottled up.

Great read for kids, but really for the parents to help them to remember to "let off steam" so they don't blow up!

Heart warming children's story about holding in your emotions and how letting them out can bring you closer to someone who loves you.

I get the idea of the book but feel like it was a lost opportunity for more skills teaching.

What a wonderful book! I like the descriptive illustrations. This is the perfect book to explain to a child what hiding his emotions can do. A parent can read the book to the child, and then the child can look at the pictures by him/herself to understand what can happen when you don't talk about your feelings.

Really cute book. My 4 year old likes it and asks for it. However the concept is rather abstract for this age group so alot of conversation about the concept is needed. Overall though, its a good starting point to talk about big feelings.

Wonderful new addition to my counseling books. I chose this to use with my students and can’t wait to share it with them. Self-regulation is a new challenge to so many children, especially in light of the pandemic. The illustrations and story are charming. Thanks for this offering!

I loved this story about feelings and it can do to you if you hold them in! Young kids will love this book to help better their understanding of negative feelings.

This is a story about letting out feelings instead of keeping them bottled up inside. It is a good message and works fairly well. Some kids might be drawn to it more than others. My daughter was mildly interested in it. However, the visual of a pot/pressure cooker boiling over is a good one and will give us language to use when situations like this arise.

It was a simple story that you could use personification with fairly easy. It was easy for the class to connect with their own emotions. The students enjoyed the story and illustrations. They really loved the hugging pots.

Great like book to help preschoolers. The kids enjoyed the story, had good decisions about feelings and made their own holding pott pictures.

This is a sweet book about the importance of not holding in emotions. I love that it normalizes big emotions and states the importance of sharing how you feel.

Absolutely loved this book! Great pictures and so easy for young ones to understand.

Such a cute book! A great book to read as a family.

This book is a great way to open a conversation with youngsters about the appropriate way to handle feelings.

I like the lessons that are trying to be taught in the book but didn't care too much for how they were trying to be taught.

This book is a great example for children in starting a discussion on how to express emotions in a healthy way rather than hold them in.

Cute story with emotions and how to let them out and allow others to do the same. Not a thick book but beautifully illustrated. This book is meant for children as a teaching tool and yet it's perfect for adults to learn as well.

This book does show how when we hold in our feelings we may blow our top but I didn’t love the book. It has some rhyming which is fun. A bit abstract.

I read this to a 4 year old who has been having trouble managing her behaviors, especially since her baby brother was born. When she has lost her temper in class she has thrown things, taken from others, hit at and run from teachers, and used unkind language. At first she was not interested in reading the book with me but was intrigued by the pictures and became involved in Little Pott's dilemma. As she associated her feelings with Little Pott her demeanor softened, she snuggled in, and made comments about Little Pott, saying she felt sorry for Little Pott. What a wonderful way to help children learn that it's okay to become frustrated, but better ways to self-regulate their behaviors.

Great discussion starter for talking about the importance of telling your feelings, and not bottling them up.

Holdin Pott is a simple story, showing that everyone feels big, stressful feelings. It portrays characters experiencing these feelings. One has been taught to keep them bottled up & learns that it is better to release big feelings, than hold them in, resulting in destructive reactions. The story also shows when we have a few friends, we can support each other through difficult feelings & experiences.

I love Chandra Ghosh's books! This book is great story to illustrate the importance of talking about feelings. I especially like how the book explores all the ways we avoid communicating about our inner world yet the feelings still exist! I recommend this book.

I am a Child and Family Therapist. This book is an incredible tool to support emotional regulation in children. I use it in the therapy room with parents and kids all of the time!

This is a wonderful book and I can use it with my children at Lifeworks NW and I can read it to my future grand children. Yes when I was young we learned how to hold in our feelings. Let’s change this so feelings are okay.

I love this book!! If you teach "Flipping your Lid" at your school, this book is absolutely amazing! I can't wait to bring it to school and read it to my students. It pairs up so well with "flipping your lid". This is a great choice!!!

The message of sharing big feelings and not bottling up emotions is a good one for children and adults alike. My four year old has been “blowing her lid” a lot lately and this book is timely in its message.

I really thought that this book was a great way to teach children how it is healthy to talk about their feelings. The art is okay but the message is really important for all children to learn.

Cute book about not letting your emotions build up. For little kids, the metaphors might be a little abstract but can lead to good conversations.

great book about feelings and expressing them

Very good read for the little and I

This book is a great way to introduce children to let go of their feelings and not keep them bottled up inside.

Loved “Holdin Pot” and the color sheet it came with. Great book!

I love this book. It is adorable and a great way to teach children about their feelings.