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Jilly's Terrible Temper Tantrums: And How She Outgrew Them Library Binding – Picture Book, May 2, 2017

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When Jilly, a happy little kangaroo, has a series of Terrible Temper Tantrums, her parents lovingly help her through them. Children will be very familiar with the frustrations that trigger Jilly's upset feelings, and will applaud her dawning understanding that seeking help and a hug is far superior to the misery of a temper tantrum. Winner of a Gold Mom's Choice Award,First Place in Purple Dragonfly Awards for Picture Books and Growing Pains, Silver Nautilus Award for Best Children's Picture Book, National Parent Product Award Winner, Book Excellence Award Winner.
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Jilly the Kangaroo is very easily frustrated and has no patience. Any parent raising a small child can relate to this. Jilly doesn't want to wait, doesn't like to compromise, and wants everything her way. Yet, with tons of patience, love, soothing words and cuddles, her Mother and Father manage to calm Jilly the Kangaroo down time after time until Jilly learns to use her words to voice her feelings before her negative emotions burst out. Jilly's Terrible Temper Tantrums is a wonderful text that teaches children how to manage their big emotions in a healthy way for a positive outcome. --Kristine Daniels (Librarian). Netgalley.com

An impressive blend of original and entertaining storytelling with colorfully charming illustrations, Jilly's Terrible Temper Tantrums: And How She Outgrew Them is very highly recommended and certain to be an enduringly popular, 'kid friendly' addition to family, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book collections. --Midwest Book Review

Five stars! I loved this book! As a preschool teacher, it has everything that I'm looking for in a book to share with my class. The artwork is beautiful and the story has direct applications to children and helping them grow into kind and compassionate adults. I love that the adults in the book explain what is happening and put words to Jilly's feelings, validating them while not giving in to her tantrums. I love that Jilly learns from her past experiences and knows that when she needs support, she can always just ask for it. I absolutely love this book from both a teaching perspective as well as helping parents use more effective discipline strategies. An awesome find and a book I definitely want to get in my classroom! --Mandy Bartmess (teacher) netgalley.com

About the Author

Martha Heineman Pieper, Ph.D. is a psychotherapist who works with children and parents, and serves as a consultant to agencies and other mental health professionals. She authored the first book in this series, the award-winning Mommy, Daddy, I Had a Bad Dream! And she co-authored with William J. Pieper, M.D., the bestselling parenting book Smart Love: The Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Regulating, and Enjoying Your Child and the popular adult self-help book Addicted to Unhappiness. For over 35 years, she has counseled parents and helped children of all ages recover from emotional problems. Her work is the foundation for the non-profit agency Smart Love Family Services, which provides a broad spectrum of counseling and educational services to children and families. Her work is also the foundation of the Inner Humanism Society, a non-profit dedicated to research and education on the comprehensive psychology, Intrapsychic Humanism, and the psychotherapy approach based on that psychology, Inner Humanism. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Radcliffe College, Martha Heineman Pieper earned her doctorate at the University of Chicago.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Smart Love Press, LLC; First Edition (May 2, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Library Binding ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0983866414
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0983866411
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 2 - 5 years, from customers
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.9 x 0.4 x 10 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Martha Heineman Pieper, Ph.D., is an author and psychotherapist who works with children and parents and serves as a consultant to family services agencies and other mental health professionals. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Radcliffe College, she earned her doctorate in Clinical Social Work at the University of Chicago. With her late husband, William J. Pieper, M.D., she wrote the bestselling parenting book "Smart Love: The Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Regulating, and Enjoying Your Child" as well as the bestselling adult self-help book "Addicted to Unhappiness. "The second edition of "Addicted to Unhappiness: How Hidden Motives for Unhappiness Keep You from Creating the Life You Truly Want, And What You Can Do," was published in October 2019 by Smart Love Press, LLC.

In 2012 Pieper released her first children's book based on Smart Love principles, "Mommy, Daddy, I Had a Bad Dream!" The book entertains children while it shows them how to understand and master their bad dreams. It also provides parents with loving and effective strategies for responding to children who wake them in the night with bad dreams. "Mommy, Daddy, I Had a Bad Dream!" won the 2012 Bronze IPPY Award for Children's Picture Books, the 2012 Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award for Storybooks, the Ben Franklin first prize for Children's Picture Books from the Independent Book Publishers Association, Creative Child Magazine's 2012 Book of the Year, and a Mom's Choice Gold Award for Excellence. It also made the Indie Next List, was an Award-Winning Finalist in the Children's Picture Book: Hardcover Fiction Category of the 2012 International Book Awards, won Best Book in two categories (Children's Picture Book and Children's Mind/Body/Spirit) of the 2012 USA Book News Awards, was named Best Children's Book of 2012 by Sharp Writ Awards, and was a finalist in the 2012 Foreword Book of the Year Awards in the Children's Picture Book Category.

In 2017 Smart Love Press published the children's picture book "Jilly's Terrible Temper Tantrums: And How She Outgrew Them." When Jilly, a happy little kangaroo, has a series of Terrible Temper Tantrums, her parents lovingly help her through them. Children will be very familiar with the frustrations that trigger Jilly's upset feelings and will applaud her dawning understanding that seeking help and a hug is far superior to the misery of a temper tantrum. "An impressive blend of original and entertaining storytelling with colorfully charming illustrations, 'Jilly's Terrible Temper Tantrums: And How She Outgrew Them' is very highly recommended and certain to be an enduringly popular, 'kid friendly' addition to family, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book collections." (Midwest Book Review). The book won a Gold Mom's Choice Award, Purple Dragonfly Award, NAPPA award, and a Feathered Quill Award.

In 2024 Pieper along with co-author Kelly Perez, Director of the Smart Love Preschool are publishing a manual for preschool and kindergarten teachers, "The Happiest Preschool: A Manual for Teachers." All of the strategies presented in this manual will increase teachers’ enjoyment and effectiveness and enrich a preschool, regardless of its affiliation. Increasingly progressive educators are focusing on play-based learning and social-emotional development, but "The Happiest Preschool: A Manual for Teachers" is unique in providing a comprehensive and thorough discussion of this focus and illustrating all precepts with teachable examples. In addition, there are sections on understanding and helping children with the feelings underlying fantasy play; on the importance of partnering with parents; and on informed ways of helping children who are under emotional stress. Moreover, the manual is an invaluable asset for parents trying to choose a preschool or kindergarten for their child.

Martha Heineman Pieper’s professional experience and path-breaking research into the causes and effects of children’s inner happiness or unhappiness form the guiding principle for Smart Love Family Services, a not-for-profit agency in Chicago that provides psychotherapy services, parent education, and toddler and preschool programs. Smart Love Family Services also offers free webinars on topics important for parents. Dr. Pieper also co-wrote and co-developed the comprehensive psychology, Intrapsychic Humanism, which is the basis and inspiration for the non-profit Inner Humanism Society, which is dedicated to research and education on Inner Humanism, the psychotherapy developed by Pieper and her late husband, William J. Pieper. The original and groundbreaking psychology of "Intrapsychic Humanism is explicated in Intrapsychic Humanism: An Introduction to a Comprehensive Psychology and Philosophy of Mind"(Falcon II Press, 1990). Articles and talks by Dr. Pieper can be found on her website.

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Customers find the book helpful for both parents and children. They describe the story as cute, relatable, and fun. However, opinions differ on the pacing - some find it great for when their child gets frustrated, while others feel it reinforces tantrums.

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Customers find the book helpful for both parents and children. They say it helps children understand their feelings and self-control. The psychology is sound, and the book provides good ideas for parents on the last page.

"...Jilly is provided with physically closeness and verbal reassurance from her parents when she begins to struggle...." Read more

"...offers parents the opportunity to both wholeheartedly love and guide their children through those inevitable temper tantrums that all kids go through..." Read more

"This was a perfect book for my young girl around 7 or 8 at the time...." Read more

"...It is well written and the language is easy for young children to understand and identify with Jilly and the illustrations do a good job of..." Read more

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Customers find the story relatable and fun. They appreciate the illustrations and how it accurately depicts tantrums. The author provides real-life situations that children can identify with. The book helps children talk through emotions of tantrums in an easy way. It's a quick and fun read, dealing with a difficult topic in an easy way.

"...The author provides real life, relatable situations that children can identify with as they are guided through this book...." Read more

"This is a wonderful, playful, and informative book! Good for parents and kids alike...." Read more

"...for circumstantial episodes of temper tantrums are practical and realistic; however, the coping strategies suggested may help in part, but do not..." Read more

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Customers have different views on the book's pacing. Some find it helpful for when their child gets frustrated, as it provides effective time-outs and helps deal with kids' behavioral issues. Others feel it reinforces tantrums rather than alleviate them.

"I felt that this book promoted temper tantrums and the ending was a coward." Read more

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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2018
    This book, Jilly’s Terrible Temper Tantrums and How She Outgrew Them, is about a little kangaroo and her struggles with communicating her frustrations and how her parents helped her navigate those feelings. The author provides real life, relatable situations that children can identify with as they are guided through this book. These situations help each child find who they can turn to when things feel tough. Jilly is provided with physically closeness and verbal reassurance from her parents when she begins to struggle. She is never rushed or given a negative consequence for her actions.

    I would highly recommend this book to any family with young children. It teaches that they can work through these feelings along side their parent, and they can find happiness in that relationship. The situations and the way they are resolved throughout the book allows for these strategies to be incorporated into their own lives.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2020
    Our three year old has been having the most extreme temper tantrums. We bought about 7 different books around anger management and to talk about emotions / melt downs. This one might be our favorite! He loved the different stories about Jilly having temper tantrums, and would even ‘read’ along and say how she was having ‘another terrible temper tantrum!’ When he was having a meltdown, we told him he was acting like Jilly and he actually paused and thought about it. Granted it didn’t totally solve the issue, or even come close, but at least the message sat with him which is a win in my eyes!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2017
    This is a wonderful, playful, and informative book! Good for parents and kids alike. It is so refreshing to read a book that offers parents the opportunity to both wholeheartedly love and guide their children through those inevitable temper tantrums that all kids go through. It is an optimistic book because Jilly outgrows her temper tantrums when she learns to handle her upset feelings by turning to her parent for comfort in order to weather the storm and get back on track. All kids want to be loved, especially in those moments when they feel so unhappy and out of control. Love and loving regulation is the best medicine. I highly recommend this book.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2023
    This was a perfect book for my young girl around 7 or 8 at the time.I enjoyed the book because her name is Jillian and she did have her moments in the tantrum department.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2018
    I read this book to my son (five) after he might have had a particularly bad day (and a mild tantrum.) I think he relates to the anxiety and anguish of not controlling his feelings at that age. The book shows Jilly having four tantrums and how her parents and she deal with the tantrums.

    Jilly learns that when she gets frustrated that she should ask for help or find someone to hug. That might be pretty simple, but in dealing with a five year old, I realize that getting him calmed down to where he can understand and explain his frustration is a good deal of the problem.

    I have read the book with my son more than ten times. I think he gets the feelings that Jilly is going through when things simply don't go her way.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2019
    My 2.5 year old read this book like OMG, JILLY IS MY PEOPLE. We read it over and over and he totally identified with the situations that set her off, and now when he feels himself starting to lose control he runs to me for a hug and takes a second and doesn’t progress to full meltdown as much anymore. All the hopping and jumping done in the book is similar to advice given in Whole Brain Child, which is to get the child to move their bodies to snap them out of their downstairs-brain response so you can get to the point where you can reason with them and explain what's happening. The "connect first" approach is demonstrated nicely here, and it has helped us a lot.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2017
    This book is informative, and deals with a difficult topic in an easy way. I love the Smart Love philosophy and all of the other smart love books. I have 3 kids-ages 7,4, and 18 months. Smart love is such an effective way to deal with kids' behavioral issues, while giving them all the love and support that feels right.
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