Cool Cats, Calm Kids: Relaxation and Stress Management for Young People
Cats are so successful with relaxation that Colorado therapist Mary Williams is teaching their techniques to kids! Williams has adapted nine "cat secrets" for keeping cool and calm (learned from the "nine lives", of course). A long-time cat lover herself, she knows that kids and animals are a natural match, and cats have stress-management down to a science. From relaxation procedures (Catnaps) to assertiveness (Meowing), cats set positive examples for kids to follow. Whether its smile and be friendly (Purr, Purr) or trying again and again until you succeed, Williams believes cats are excellent teachers, and she interprets their natural techniques to help kids develop life-long skills for relaxation and stress reduction. Cool Cats, Calm Kids offers practical exercises for today's kids in an easy-to-use format, with help from beautiful drawings of cats and kids by noted book illustrator Diane O'Quinn Burke. Cool Cats, Calm Kids also contains an "Adult Purr-spective" section for parents, teachers and counselors. Cool Cats, Calm Kids is "must" reading for anyone with a cat and a kid -- or just a cat and themselves!  --Midwest Book Review