When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry...
When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry... by Molly Bang takes about 1.5 minutes to read aloud (170 words, about 1 sentence a page), and it lands best with children aged 3-5.
Measured read-aloud timeabout 1.5 minutes
- Words
- 170our estimate, not a published count
- Sentences a page
- 1
- Re-read tolerance
- 4/5survives a fortnight on repeat
- Vocabulary
- 2/5everyday words
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The useful verdict
Why When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry... works
The anger is drawn rather than explained - the outlines go red and orange and Sophie roars a red roar - and then she runs, climbs a tree and comes back when she is ready. It models leaving the room to cool down, which is a strategy a four-year-old can actually copy.
Themes: anger, self-regulation, nature, family.
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Straight answers
Questions parents ask about When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry...
- How long does it take to read When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry... aloud?
- About 1.5 minutes at an unhurried pace, from a word count of 170. Reading it fast shaves perhaps a third off; stopping for questions on every page can double it.
- What age is When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry... actually for?
- Ages 3-5 in our testing, which is narrower than the publisher's range. With 1 sentence a page and vocabulary at 2 out of 5, it asks for that much attention span and no more.
- Does When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry... survive being read on repeat?
- Yes. It survives a fortnight of nightly repeats, which is the real test.