I Will Be Okay (Mindful Mantras)

In general, I really like this book. I love the concept and it is helpful to my son, who tends to overreact and have trouble self-regulating. Other readers have mentioned the glaring error at the end and it bothered me immensely at first. To be fair, I'm an editor, so I have trouble turning that criticism off. I just took a pencil to my copy and made a couple adjustments. Never too early for my kids to learn proofreading marks! LOL! BUT, as another reader also mentioned, I'm really concerned that it says something like, "eating always makes things better." I understand where the author is coming from - some kids really benefit from regular healthy snacks, especially protein, to stay regulated. Hangry is a real thing. A good snack is one of my go-to tools for one of my kids. But the way the book puts it, it doesn't sit right with me. Too many families struggle with eating disorders for this to be mentioned so flippantly. We still read this book and (mostly) enjoy it. My son asks for it when he's struggling with something. The team working on these books has a good thing going.

My 5 year old has been having some anxiety and excessive worry lately over numerous things like worrying about thunderstorms, tornados, rockets going up (we live on the Spacecoast so it occurs a few times a month) and even scorpions. It seems as though she hears someone say something, sees a commercial, etc and then she just latches on to this idea until she can't sleep. She starting asking me before bed about if there would be a rocket tomorrow or a tornado, do scorpions live here etc. I bought this book in the hopes that she would indeed utilize this mantra. I am happy to report that it seems to be working! Whenever she is worried about something, I make sure that we read this book before bed. She reads along out loud as I read the line, "I will be okay." I think she likes the idea of "reading" as much as I like the idea of getting this idea through to her! I definitly recommend this book

My son had a rough start to his kindergarten year. He never wanted me to leave when I dropped him off and cried When I did have to leave. (It broke my heart) He never wanted to join his class at circle time. He always said it’s “ too much”.After purchasing this book and reading it a few times with him I think he started to get it, I think he knew he would be OK. He started going in to his class on his own and stopped crying, and now he is finally joining the class at circle or group times. I really believed this book helped. 👍

As I read this story I thought about my grandson who is on the Spectrum. The book kind of uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to relay the message that it will be okay. It gives ideas of how to dampen anxiety by doing other activities or sharing feelings. I hope elementary schools have this book in thier library .

We love this book. It’s helped a lot with my daughter and developing a good idea of ways to react to any situation. We’ve read it once a week. The only thing that was off was that there was a page from the “I can handle it” book in this book. We have both so I recognized it right away and ripped it out. Other than that, it’s been really helpful.

I will be ok is a greta book to use in school social work or counseling as well as in any K-5 classroom for SEL activities. It is simple and easy to follow with a great message- I can handle anything. Love to do activities on perseverance using this book.

Five year old liked the book. Lots of ways to remind yourself you will be okay and feel okay. Lots of good ideas to help manage different emotions.

I was looking for a book at would address my daughter’s anxiety around meeting new kids and being at preschool. There were pages specific to that in addition to being upset when a babysitter came and your parents leave. All very applicable and easy to speak to. She was excited to learn the “okay” sign and I hear her going around the house saying “I’m okay” and doing the sign. Hope she can apply it when she needs to. I ordered another book in the series too.

Used for a grown male with autism and learning difficulties. When I read through I thought it would be too childish but he thought it was great as he could compare what max was going through to similar events in his past. It helped give him a greater understanding of how people had felt in past situations and opened up opportunities to discuss similar situations occurring now

Very basic. Could write it yourself. I wouldn't have bought it if I had been able to flick through it and read it first. Telling someone who over thinks "it's ok", doesn't actually help or stop their worries.

Simply told, and well laid out, this picture book is a great way to encourage younger kids to realise that, whatever bad stuff life throws at them, and however they feel, there are various coping strategies that they can try out, and that they WILL BE OKAY.

Beautifully illustrated by Ana Santos, this Mindful Mantras book helps kids cope in difficult circumstances. I thought it was an excellent book and would definitely recommend it.

A brilliant book for kids, helps to highlight that negative feelings are OK to feel and suggests ways in which they can seek help and feel better about stressful situations e.g going to school, separation anxiety from parents, falling out with friends etc.