Some children don\u2019t mean to yell. The feeling arrives first and arrives big, and the words get swept along with it. \u201cCalm down\u201d rarely helps in that moment.<\/p>
In the old tale, Suraj walks into the one patch of shade in a hot village square. He means to ask for a place. A roar comes out instead, and by the time it ends, everybody has gone.<\/p>","problem_image":65,"solution_heading":"Two Paws on the Tummy, One Slow Breath, Then Say It","solution_body":"
An old goat named Jamun helps Suraj find out what a roar is made of: air, and a big breath he can feel arriving. The story hides three moves a young child can actually do: two hands on the tummy, one slow breath out, then say it or show it.<\/strong><\/p> Suraj keeps his roar. He learns that it\u2019s a poor way of asking, puts things right with the animals he scared, and finds his voice. The rhyme at the end is one children can keep: \u201cTwo paws on my tummy. I know you are there.\u201d<\/em><\/p> At the back: a note for grown-ups on why \u201ccalm down\u201d lands badly, what a slow out-breath can and can\u2019t do, conversation starters and things to practise when nobody is upset.<\/p>","solution_image":62,"inside_heading":"Look inside Loud & Clear","inside_intro":"A few watercolour pages from the story. Tap any page to see it larger.","inside_1":59,"inside_2":55,"inside_3":52,"inside_4":49,"benefits_heading":"What Your Child Takes Away","benefits_body":" Loud & Clear doesn\u2019t ask for a quieter child. It gives big feelings a route to words, and gives grown-ups something better to say than \u201ccalm down.\u201d<\/p>","benefit_1_title":"Feelings Come With Air","benefit_1_text":"Children notice the big breath that arrives with a big feeling, the first step to steering it.","benefit_2_title":"Three Small Moves","benefit_2_text":"Two hands on the tummy, one slow breath out, then say it or show it.","benefit_3_title":"Saying Sorry Well","benefit_3_text":"Suraj names the harm and moves out of the way: a gentle model of repair.","benefit_4_title":"Practice Before the Storm","benefit_4_text":"Activities to try when everyone is calm, so the moves are ready when they\u2019re needed.","author_eyebrow":"From the author","author_heading":"Why I Wrote Loud & Clear","author_body":" I\u2019m Ujjwal Ganesh, father of two daughters. I wanted a story for the child whose feelings arrive faster than their words, one that respects the roar instead of shaming it.<\/p> Loud & Clear is Book 2 of Little Fables, Big World, in which each ancient fable hides one small, doable move. Every book stands on its own.<\/p>","schema_description":"A rhyming read-aloud for ages 3 to 6 retold from the Panchatantra about anger and frustration: Suraj the lion learns two hands on the tummy, one slow breath out, then say it or show it."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ujjwalganesh.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ujjwalganesh.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ujjwalganesh.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ujjwalganesh.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ujjwalganesh.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ujjwalganesh.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ujjwalganesh.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ujjwalganesh.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ujjwalganesh.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}