Captain Snout and the Super Power Questions: How to Calm Anxiety and Conquer Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs)

by Daniel Amen, Brendan Kearney (Illustrator)

Overview

Does your child struggle with negative thought patterns, stress, and anxiety? Captain Snout and the Super Power Questions encourages children to live a happier and healthier life with a more positive outlook. This motivational picture book by Dr. Daniel Amen, New York Times bestselling author and board-certified child psychiatrist, offers children a way to address their negative thoughts.

Don't let ANTS steal your happiness! That is what Captain Snout says loud and clear in this playful and encouraging book about living a positive life without the stress of negativity. What exactly are these ANTs? Automatic Negative Thoughts … and Captain Snout says we can use his super power questions to be mindful of our thoughts and be heroic too.

Written with easy-to-read text for children ages 4 to 8, Captain Snout and the Super Power Questions

• Uses the cognitive behavior therapy technique to encourage coping skills and strategies for problem solving
• Teaches children how to adopt a positive mindset and improve their overall well-being
• Teaches children how to overcome automatic negative thoughts (ANTs)
• Encourages young children dealing with anxiety

This quirky and comical picture book is a valuable resource for:

• Parents helping their children overcome stress and anxiety in everyday life
• Teachers who are guiding children through tough situations or motivating a change in mindset
• School or library groups to help start the discussion about mental health and wellness at a young age

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310758327
Publisher:	Zonderkidz
Publication date:	09/12/2017
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Daniel Amen, M.D. The Washington Post called Daniel Amen, M.D. the most popular psychiatrist in America. He is a physician, child and adolescent psychiatrist, and twelve-time New York Times bestselling author. Dr. Amen is widely regarded as a gifted teacher and storyteller. His public television programs about the brain have aired 160,000 times across North America. Dr. Amen is the founder of Amen Clinics with eleven clinics nationwide. He lives in Newport Beach, California, and has six children and five grandchildren.

While studying Architecture, Brendan Kearney realized he didn’t like rulers. He also discovered that drawing pictures for a living was a legitimate and fun career option, so he traded architecture for illustration as quickly as he could. Brendan now creates children’s book, bringing his own chaotic style and ideas to his projects. If you can’t find him drawing you’re likely to find him with a guitar or banjo in hand.

Editorial Reviews

09/11/2017
A superhero anteater helps three children control their “Automatic Negative Thoughts” (ANTs) when their money-raising car wash hits a hurdle. After Captain Snout swoops in, he introduces them to various types of ANTs (All or Nothing ANTs “don’t use words like ‘sometimes’ or ‘maybe,’ ” and the Mind Reader ANT “knows how others think and feel without even being told!”), which appear as anthropomorphic insects in Kearney’s high-energy cartoons. Amen, a child psychiatrist, emphasizes the power of interrogating negative knee-jerk reactions (“Are you 100% sure it’s true?”), giving readers real-world tools amid the book’s irreverent approach. Ages 4–8. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly