Grey-Glasses-Itis - (Lessons of a Lac) by Lynn Jenkins (Paperback)

About the Book

Grey-glasses-itis helps children to understand the link between how they see things and how they feel, teaching them a simple strategy for building emotional resilience.

Book Synopsis

The fourth book in the popular 'Lessons of a LAC' series, Grey-glasses-itis helps children to understand the link between how they see things and how they feel.

Loppy notices that he feels differently when he looks at the world around him through different-coloured glasses. When he's using green glasses, he feels relaxed. When he's using yellow glasses, he feels cheerful. But when he's using grey glasses, he just feels sad. As his friend Curly explains, he has a case of 'grey-glasses-itis'! Curly shows Loppy that to feel better he can change the colour of the glasses he's seeing things through.

This is a simple but effective way to explain to children how thoughts, perceptions and feelings influence each other. They will grow up knowing that when they are feeling sad, worried or angry, it might be because they have a case of 'grey-glasses-itis'. They'll also know that with a shift in perception they can have some influence over their feelings, thereby helping to build their emotional resilience.

Review Quotes

"Picture books with 'life lessons' introducing little ones to new ideas are a growing trend, and Lessons of A LAC is the first in a new series about coping with common emotional difficulties."
-Books + Publishing

"Primary schoolchildren will be shown how to channel their inner calm in this story about managing anxiety. Written by clinical psychologist and mother-of three Lynn Jenkins, Lessons Of A LAC has been branded as an emotional resource to help kids develop strategies to manage their anxiety. And there are probably a few lessons in there for mum or dad as well."
-The Daily Telegraph

"This great book is aimed at helping little anxious creatures manage anxieties ... written by a clinical psychologist, this is a wonderful book for parents of anxious children"
-The Herald Sun

"This wonderful book was written by an experienced Australian clinical psychologist and it is full of valuable messages for Little Anxious Creatures all over the world. We love that this book offers skills to deal with anxiety and worries. It's clever, funny and USEFUL. Helping children think about their anxiety is the first step in managing them. It opened up very useful conversations and I must say it's even helped my anxieties a little too with being given the knowledge of some easy self-help tools! ."
-Early Childhood Book Reviews

"Using minimal text and large expressive drawings, this picture book aims to help children to understand their anxieties. Written by a clinical psychologist, it gives ideas about how to stop worrying."
-The Children's Book Council of Australia, Reading Time

"Written by clinical psychologist, Lynn Jenkins, the story shows children that just because bad things might happen it doesn't mean they will!"
-New Idea

About the Author

Lynn Jenkins is a clinical psychologist, author and mother of three. Lynn is passionate about early intervention in the social and emotional development of children. She has written three picture books on the topics of anxiety and worry (Lessons of a LAC, Brave and Perfect Petunias), a picture book on mindfulness for children called Ollie's Treasure, as well as two non-fiction titles for adults, Best Start and School Start.

Kirrili Lonergan is a children's book illustrator, art therapist and mother of four. She has illustrated several picture books (Lessons of a LAC, Brave, Perfect Petunias, Ollie's Treasure and Dandelions) as well as creating designs for clothes, prints and pottery. She is passionate about illustrating picture books that have a 'healing' message and has a great understanding of the need for such books as a result of her previous work as a paediatric nurse.