Punch! : A Story About Kindness

 When Badger bullies his friends Frog, Moose, Elephant, and Bear, they teach him an unforgettable lesson about empathy, kindness, and forgiveness in this funny and thematically rich social and emotional read-aloud.

Badger, Frog, Moose, Elephant, and Bear are best friends. But when Badger experiences a personal loss and his emotions are too big to contain, he goes looking for trouble and takes his sadness out on his friends. He trips Frog, shoves Moose, kicks Elephant, and pokes Bear with a shovel. So Bear gathers the others, and they come up with a three-point plan to teach Badger a lesson. Only that lesson is not what Badger—or readers—expect.

ENCOURAGES VISUAL LITERACY
FEATURES INVENTIVE WORDPLAY AND LANGUAGE
CHILD-FRIENDLY PRESENTATION OF WAYS TO MANAGE SADNESS AND GRIEF