The Big Slide: A Story About Dealing With Fear
The Big Slide: A Story About Dealing With Fear
Eden loves the playground but feels nervous about the big slide. With gentle encouragement and a deep breath, she faces her fear step by step. The Big Slide is a heartwarming story about courage, resilience, and the joy of trying something new, perfect for little ones learning to overcome their own big challenges!
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Editions (hardcover, bilingual) — The Big Slide
Published by The Mindful Peach. Every edition has its own ISBN:
| Edition | Title | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| English Only | The Big Slide: A Story About Dealing With Fear | 979-8-9909072-9-4 |
| Spanish | The Big Slide (Spanish-English Bilingual): A Story About Dealing With Fear | 978-1-968797-91-1 |
| Simplified Chinese | The Big Slide (Simplified Chinese-English Bilingual): A Story About Dealing With Fear | 979-8-9909072-5-6 |
| Traditional Chinese | The Big Slide (Traditional Chinese-English Bilingual): A Story About Dealing With Fear | 979-8-9909072-6-3 |
| Cantonese | The Big Slide (Cantonese-English Bilingual): A Story About Dealing With Fear | 979-8-9909072-7-0 |
| Korean | The Big Slide (Korean-English Bilingual): A Story About Dealing With Fear | 979-8-9909072-8-7 |
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A beautifully illustrated and very helpful book for younger kids struggling with fears. My son enjoys it daily!
This book has been a game changer in my quest to get my 2.5 year old granddaughter to begin to express and understand her own feelings and fears. Highly recommend
This story is great for kids and parents. This story is a great reminder for the parents that kids are experiencing and processing the world a bit differently than adults.
My five year old Granddaughter loved the stories.
Amazing back that our 2 year old loved immediately
I absolutely love these books. Please make a board book option available for little hands soon, that would take some stress away from when my toddler gets a hold of the pages.
Nice story, I love how Eden was able to not chose to go down the slide and that it was okay. That she will be able to do it at another time and she is still loved
Kids enjoyed the book
My grandson loves this book!
My daughter seemed to grasp the story and has stopped to take a breath.
Love everything about the books, I have ordered all three. My son asks me to read it more than once. Love the story line, the graphics. We enjoy reading it together!! Highly recommended!!!
We got the bundle with all 3 books and my 2 year old absolutely loves all of them! He requests his “Eden Books” every night before bed. Love that they’re teaching him healthy coping skills while also being entertaining!
I am not wrong when I bought these books for my son. He LOVED it!! He wants me to read it to him over and over again! Literally, even waking up in the middle of the night and read again. He absolutely can relate to each situation. We love that it included how the parents felt and how it was all addressed. This book is a must have. It is amazing!
It’s amazing. It’s beautifully written in a way the young minds can easily follow and listen.
Love the books, great purchase bought for my granddaughters!
My granddaughters love listening to this. I have read it over and over to them.
Great book about fears and gives me as a mom perspective. My 3 year old loves reading it.
Great books!
I love the message of the book and my two year old really seems to understand the message as well.
What a wonderful book! As a mother and teacher, I could not recommend a book more. Not only does my daughter love it, but it teaches wonderful lessons, starts great conversations and even teaches adults about their own regulation! Beautiful book for everyone!
I bought this book because we have had some major meltdowns about boundaries I place. I parent alone all the time because my partner is in the military and some days it just feels like me vs the toddler. I was hesitant at first because I thought this might just lead to a meltdown about wanting a popsicle to be honest. My 2.5 year old is OBSESSED with this book. The first thing he does is points to all the beautiful popsicles on the inside cover and expresses his desire for them. And then we read the book. He was spellbound the first time. It was like someone was speaking his language. The wheels turning and the empathy in his eyes were a thing to behold. The illustrations are darling and the emotions of little Eden are so obvious. The story is short but brilliantly on point. I love how daddy takes a deep breath. It’s such a good chance for me to talk about my feelings when my boy is having a hard time and how sometimes I need to calm down too. It lets me talk about the times I forget to breathe and I end up yelling and how that’s not how I want to react. I love the talk about how it’s ok to have the feelings we love you no matter what. It’s a masterpiece. I will be back for everything you write. I love a good SEL book but my kid isn’t always on board but this one has us both in love. We have had it a week and he asks for it at all hours. Every time he sees it he picks it up and hands it to me and sits in my lap. He “reads” it himself and hearing his understanding of the story is so darling. Thank you ❤️ you’re great.
My kid's primary daytime caregivers first language is Spanish. I NEED this en Español :-)
I love the drawings and the adult perspective for parents to relate to. Its a nice simple story for little ones to follow.
Love it that there is a book in mandarin about emotional awareness and a different style of parenting than how I grew up. Please write more!!
My son loves this series. He connected with the story and pictures right away. Going to purchase this as a gift for another family member!
Excellent story. So helpful and cute.
I got this book to read with my 4 year old. The story was relatable for both my child and myself. Our main language is English. I got the book with Traditional Chinese because I have family from Taiwan. I love that I can practice my Mandarin by reading the pinyin. My child loved the illustrations and would point out what the main character Eden was doing on each page. I also enjoyed the ending, where Eden does not go down the slide, because that is so real. Reading the book has led to many great conversations about what to do when feeling scared and about the different languages we speak.