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The Red Beast

Controlling Anger in Children with Asperger's Syndrome

K.I. Al-Ghani
Illustrated by Haitham Al-Ghani

Hardback: £12.99 / $21.95

2008, 216mm x 279.4mm / 8.5in x 11in, 48pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-943-3, BIC 2: VFJD JNS YXL

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Deep inside everyone, a red beast lies sleeping.

When it is asleep, the red beast is quite small, but when it wakes up, it begins to grow and grow.

This is the story of a red beast that was awakened.

Rufus is in the school playground when his friend John kicks a ball that hit him in the stomach, and wakes up the sleeping red beast: `I hate you - I'm gonna get you!'. The red beast doesn't hear the teacher asking if he's okay. It doesn't see that John is sorry - how can Rufus tame the red beast?

This vibrant fully illustrated children's storybook is written for children aged 5+, and is an accessible, fun way to talk about anger, with useful tips about how to 'tame the red beast' and guidance for parents on how anger affects children with Asperger's Syndrome.

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Controlling anger with the help of the Red Beast… and Super Mario!

2 May 2013

Kay Al-Ghani explains how a fun resource based on her book The Red Beast can help children with Asperger Syndrome to control their anger. As part of my job, it is my privilege to work with many children with ASD who work hard to cope with life in a mainstream setting. Sometimes their best efforts...

JKP authors celebrate World Autism Awareness Month!

2 April 2012

Happy World Autism Awareness Month (WAAM) to all of our readers! In this special post, JKP authors share their personal plans for the month ahead, what they’ll be doing to raise awareness, and what their hopes are for the future. Susan Moreno Susan Moreno is the Founder and president of MAAP Services, Inc. and co-author of...

VIDEO: A preview of children’s book ‘The Red Beast’ by Kay and Haitham Al-Ghani

23 August 2011

Last April, JKP celebrated World Autism Awareness Day 2011 at the V&A Museum of Childhood’s special autism event and exhibition. The highlight of this special day was a reading of The Red Beast: Controlling Anger in Children with Asperger’s Syndrome by the author, Kay Al-Ghani, and illustrator, Haitham Al-Ghani. Haitham read the book to a crowd of children and...

JKP celebrates World Autism Awareness Day 2011 at the V&A Museum of Childhood

1 April 2011

We are thrilled to be celebrating World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) at the V&A Museum of Childhood in London on Saturday, 2nd April! The day promises to be action-packed with plenty to do and see at the museum’s Making SENse exhibit - including a special reading of The Red Beast at 2 pm! Author Kay Al-Ghani will sign in Makaton...

Kay and Haitham Al-Ghani on ‘Learning About Friendship’ – Stories to support social skills training for children with ASD in the classroom

8 November 2010

"One small boy in my class was having great trouble going on school outings because he would not wear a seat belt. The bus driver came to tell me that he would not be allowed to go on any more trips. I thought this was rather harsh and so the very next day I told my class a story about Tedrick the teddy who would not wear a seat belt...We role-played the parts of the driver, the teachers and the other children on the bus. I emphasised how happy the driver was when all the children wore their seat belts and I asked the boy in question if he would mind taking Tedrick on the next trip. Guess what, that boy was the first one on the bus doing up his own and Tedrick’s seat belt!"