When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry ... By Author, Illustrator Molly Bang (Ages 2-5) - Paperback

Every child has been there. One moment everything is fine — and the next, the feelings are so big they seem to take over everything. "When Sophie Gets Angry — Really, Really Angry…" by Molly Bang is one of the most honest, beautifully illustrated picture books ever written about what it feels like to be furious, and what it looks like to find your way back to calm.

Sophie gets angry. Really, really angry. And Molly Bang's stunning, Caldecott Honor-winning illustrations show exactly what that feels like — flames, volcanoes, glaring blue eyes against an exploding red background — before slowly giving way to leafy greens and browns as Sophie finds her own way to cool down. No lectures. No quick fixes. Just a child working through something real, in her own way.

For ages 2–5, this is a book that validates big emotions without dramatizing them — and opens the door for meaningful conversations between kids and the adults who love them.

✏️ About the Author & Illustrator

• Molly Bang has written and illustrated more than twenty books for young readers. Three of her titles — including When Sophie Gets Angry, Ten, Nine, Eight, and The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher — are Caldecott Honor books. She divides her time between Falmouth, Massachusetts, and Northern California.
  
  

📣 What Critics Are Saying

• "Bang's evocatively illustrated book suggests no quick fixes; she treats childhood emotions with respect." — Publisher's Weekly
  
  
• "Bang captures the intensity of Sophie's feelings with strong, broadly brushed forms and colors… Sophie finds a way to cope with her anger, quite laudably, without a helping adult hand." — Kirkus Reviews
  
  
• "Excellent." — School Library Journal
  
  

🏅 Caldecott Honor Book | 🏅 Charlotte Zolotow Award