Breathing is My Superpower

An excellent book for supporting good mindfulness and positive coping strategies

Really lovely book which is helping my daughter with her emotions

bought it for 9 year old who is having issues with lockdown

These books are fantastic for children. Really positive approach to life. I hope there are more

Cute

Very nice book with pretty simple methods. My daughter loves it. Hope those technics will work for her.

At the end of the book is has a few ways to make it easy and imaginative for kids to remember their breathing. Love it!

Very nice book with simple and teachable methods, there is 5 finger method and it’s amazing, my niece love this book and very happy with it! We recommend!

My 6 year old loves doing the breathing exercises at the end of the book – it even helped her through a hangry meltdown the other day !!

Nice book , I bought it as one of the presents for my friends daughter. When she got it she liked the book. It is not heavy and easy to read for kids

Cute little book. My almost 4 year old daughter takes in the information better when We read to her. So this book is good to teach about negative emotions and how to deal with them.

This Book is an amazing kids book ,colorful and easy to understand. The book is to show kids how to do the five breathing technique, this book is good to teach about negative emotions and how to deal with them.

This book is a rhyme of how breathing techniques work. A story is about a child that used to go into tantrums bun now breathes them through. Not yet sure if this will work with my kids, but I would recommend to at least give it a try for someone with not very calm kids.

Book was easy to read and the children were able to follow the story and practice how to breathe.

Great book for kids. Helpful. It is good for parent and kids to spend time together. I enjoyed it too

This Book is an amazing kids book for ages 4 to 9. The main purpose of this book is to show kids how to do the five breathing technique, and while there is a sort of rhyming story, it is mainly for parents or educators to discuss the technique and show a character using it.

Really good to teach your kids breathing especially when they get really upset.

I got this book for my nephews. They have many books at home, and always appreciate getting a new one. I like the fact that you can learn some new technics when reading this book, and 5 breathing excises are very well explained for our 5-8 year old kids (actually for parents too 🙂 ). Well written for this age, and good illustrations.

This book was a great read and gives some great breathing exercises. My 9 yr old daughter enjoyed it :).

Perfect for teaching young children about their own inner power. Kids need to understand how to handle their emotions and this book is fab!

This is a sweet book for introducing breathing to regulate emotions, it helped me do the breathing exercise with my daughters!

As an adult I loved it and can’t wait to share with Grandchildren 🥰

Such a beautiful book, highly recommend it for those little ones with BIG feelings. My 5 year old struggles with controlling her temper, and has many outbursts throughout the day, this book has helped to reinforce the breathing exercises that we’ve been trying to teach her. My daughter likes the book so much that she’s asked for me to purchase the author’s other book about kindness, and since you can never have too many books on kindness, I’m going to 🙂

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Loved this book and read it to kids of all ages. The illustrations and message are great and there are real examples of exercises kids can try to help regulate their emotions better. Very happy with purchase!

My four year old daughter enjoyed reading this book and it was amazing to watch her do the breathing exercises. This really helps her calm down

Perfect for kids. educational

Great book for kids mindfulness

This is a good little book that kids can put into practice. The reason I gave 4 rather than 5 stars is because the quality of the paper and printing is not great. It’s looks like it has been printed on a high-quality home printer (it is manufactured by Amazon which may explain this); it’s a shame as this book is not cheap yet it (physically) feels cheap. It’s a shame this author didn’t get a publishing deal with a proper book publishing company.

Unser Sohn liebt dieses Buch und die Übungen darin.
Eine schöne Hilfestellung um stress Situation einfacher zu meistern.

Das Buch gefällt der ganzen Familie, wir werden auch andere Bücher aus der Reihe testen

I liked how SIMPLE our MagICAL POWER = BREATHING.
I recommended this to WHO DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WHO DO NOT KNOW WHAT NOW
that is EVERY SOUL.
I choose this 5 STAR rating reminder to us all
How amazing super ✨🎩magical power we all possess.

I bought three of these for my grandchildren. I love the exercises and story like narrative.

Alicia ortego’s books on emotions, feeling and management of these have accessible language and pretty illustrations. It’s an Easy yet profound read because of its content. Great resource to tackle issues in children such as Anger, disappointment, anxiety, impulsivity. I love It!

Great book for small children. My granddaughter is 5.

It’s important to teach children So Hal Emotional learning and this book helps to teach children how to calm themselves when feeling anxious or sad.

Awesome for a 6 year old!

I loved the book, it’s really great! I enjoyed reading with my 8 years old daughter and doing the breathing exercise!

Mindfulness books such as this are absolutely needed at this time. This sweet and practical book teaches children breathing exercises in an easy and captivating way that no doubt provides practical skills that children can use in their daily life. Just brilliant!

There were a lot of fun exercises. The main character was adorable and cute. We will read the next book in the series.

In this book, Sofia is learning how to deal with negative emotions she encounters in various daily situations. Her mom provides her with straightforward advice on how to cope with them. What I like most about this book is that it gives practical application for kids that may need coping mechanisms of how to calm down through breathing. These simple strategies were useful for my son in practice.

My daughter loves this book! She’s been having it for almost a year and is one of her favorites to read at night. She said it helps her relax!

I really like it. She defends herself just because of her mom! What a careful asking her two times! Does she like muffins? I have delicious homemade ones!

I felt so calm after reading this and I know it can help so many children. It can also be a healthy reminder and teacher for adults.

Children’s Author Alicia Ortego using the power of rhyme in her new book “Breathing is My Superpower!”
If you are a parent looking for creative ways to show your kids how to remain calm in challenging situations, then this is the book for you.
The main character Sofia is like most kids her age; she has good days and bad days. One day her friends don’t want to play with her, which upsets her, so she turns to her mom for advice. Her mom shares a secret on how to stay calm; 5 breathing exercises that Sofia discovers work. Sofia still has good and bad days, but her new superpower keeps her relaxed and happy. The author shares other breathing tips in the back of her book, suitable for all ages. The pictures are sweet, simple, which fits with the story. Breathing, for sure, is a superpower for staying calm!

In this book, a little girl models the Five Breathing Technique, a deep breathing technique that uses your five fingers to calm down. The girl shows how this technique helps her calm down in scary, frustrating and stressful situations. The book’s main purpose is to show kids how to do the five breathing technique, and while there is a sort of rhyming story, it is mainly for parents or educators to discuss the Five Breathing technique with kids.

Illustrations are adorable!

Absolutely beautiful book

Kids love this book

Ordered for my baby girl. and she absolutely loves it!!!!! reccomend!

Excellent content of the book, beautifully designed and of high quality.

Very interested and instructive book for children, So beautifully written and illustrated.

Good little book!

Good book to help kids understand relacatuon

I really like your book.can you do more.
Sabina

This is so helpful for littles. And myself! Learning to breathe is very important

I absolutely love this book. Bought it for my daughter and she loves it.

One of the best books for who ever got kidz gets annoyed or bothered quickly

Мy niece very loves it We are doing this exercise everyday! And she asked me to do it with her ( and I like it too)

Cute book, my five year old loves it. She struggles with anxiety so teaching her breathing techniques is a must.

I got that book for my 5 years old daughter. Very glad that I did. This is exactly what we needed! These are methods that she can learn now and keep throughout her life. The illustrations are amazing!

This is a great book that I purchased for my grandchildren. Some of which were adopted need to understand, at times, to take a breathe before they react.

This is a wonderful book. Breathing is one important thing we all have to discover. I read this book to my Grandson,and he liked it very much.

I like this book a lot. I have been reading it to my students and they love it! Author describes some difficult situations from (I believe) every kid’s life and gives advice and techniques how to deal with them. Now I want to get all the books from that series.

This is a great book on how kids can use calming techniques and how to identify what they are feeling. I read this book to my class of second graders once a week.

I loved this book and so did my class! I mean what kid doesn’t love superpowers and this book was best of all free on kindle unlimited.

What an awesome book for helping children and adults alike, how to take a moment and to release the uncomfortable and bad feelings that one is having.

It was great that the author offered other methods at the end.

We practice the breathing exercises at the end of the book regularly, so when the time comes to use them she is ready. My child asks to read this book before bed. ❤️

my 4 year old son loves this book. He asks for it almost nightly. The illustrations are attention grabbing and the techniques are super helpful. He does them nightly and I try to remind him of it during the day in the midst of melt downs.

The book gives great explanations of simple, effective breathing techniques. I learned some of them in yoga. But I really like the visuals of blowing through the wind and blowing on soup to cool it with your exhale.

I am a pre-k teacher and recently learned about the Five Breathing exercise that I have been practicing with my students. This book is a lovely way to illustrate this technique along with very real scenarios that my kiddos face everyday!

After reading this book, my granddaughter (4 yo) uses the techniques regularly at night before bed to help settle herself in. She has also used it in helping to get back into control when mad. I will now be donating to her school.

This book is amazing for children of all ages, it helps with their breathing and calming down. It’s a great chance for parents to talk to their children about everyday worries.

I work with children who’ve gone through traumatic events and this has been so successful to teach emotional regulation skills. The kids can really relate to this book, I love it!

I pretend this book for my granddaughter and its a very sweet easy read. I enjoyed the different types of breathing exercises. I will remember to do those myself. After reading the book I ordered the rest of your books. Looking forward to sharing them with my granddaughter.

I love the book and think its great for kids who.are shy. Wonderful illustrations. I am very pleased with the entire series.

This was a great book to read with my 7 year old niece. She really enjoyed learning the breathing exercises & learning when to apply them to help with her emotions.

My daughter ,24, contracted Covid and was hospitalized for it. She is still healing but at home now. Mouth Breathing and shallow breathing were issues on and off supplemental oxygen. Read this book to her and my husband. We got a kick out of it but also learned several breathing techniques to implement during stressful moments. We even discussed which breathing exercise from the back of the book that we liked more and less and why. Great feedback and discussion. We even remind each other about our superpowers to this day.

LOVE the message of this book for my five year old who needs some help regulating. As a grammar stickler, it definitely bothers me that it says stamping your feet not stomping, aqua park and also tries to rhyme food with good at one point. Not to mention it says Five Breathing exercise which makes no grammatical sense. Other than that the illustrations and message are great but it does make me cringe when I get to those points. I am seriously surprised an editor didn’t catch that…

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I got this book for my granddaughter who loves reading this when she feels like she needs to calm her mind. Good book for kids.

My children love this book. I have one that struggles with calming down and the story and exercises in this book have helped her connect breathing with calming down. It’s been wonderful!

‘Breathing is My Superpower’ is an exceptionally good book to read and discuss with young children. It gives young children a breathing exercise using their hand, pretending it is a star and how to use it to breathe in and out to find calm when they are upset. It was fun to read it and stop to let the group use their fingers to breathe in and breathe out and find how calm it makes them feel. It gives several other ways to have children do this with a figure eight and a square. A book that can be read and them have the children interact is a great favorite of preschool age children because it is fun for them and empowering.

The beginning of the book introduces us to Sofia and her unicorn Bee. Both are 7 years old!

There are some situations that Sofia finds herself experiencing different emotions. Feeling afraid at night or feeling angry in school when other kids don’t play with her.

The five breathing exercise is explained in the book that Sofia’s mom teaches her, using her hand opened up like a star.

I love how Sofia claims success with her breathing, saying breathing is my super power!!

I am a psych nurse and breathing in and out, calms the body physiologically. It is such a simple skill to teach children!! I need to do it sometimes too!

The artwork is very nice in this book. The book focuses on breathing while tracing your hand that Sofia’s mom teaches her to breathe in and out going around each finger and thumb.

There are bonus breathing exercises in the back of the book that can be helpful too. They are very creative exercises to do but simple for a child!!

I like books that teach positive skills for children. i would highly recommend this book!

Love the illustrations and the overall idea behind this book. The writing itself is a bit clunky to read as the writer seemed more concerned with making sure it rhymed, but the story is cute. Pictures of exercises are helpful. There are some words that may be a bit difficult for young child comprehension such as “quite precise”, and if you are in the USA you may need to change or explain words such as “cross” for angry, as we use that less often here. I love that this book has helpful breathing exercises, but I wouldn’t say that the story is great for all kids. Overall it’s nice, just depends on your child.

I chose to read this book after receiving a free e-copy from the author. All opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased.

I read Kindness is My Superpower by Alicia Ortego and thought it was a good book for children to learn the importance of kindness towards others. So, when she asked me to review this book, I was happy to.

Breathing is My Superpower is another “Superpower” book that can aid parents to teach children how to be good to themselves and those around them. Sofia learns a breathing exercise from her mom, and she tries it several times: when she’s angry, upset, or feeling rejected. It works!

This is a sweet book that has colorful pictures and is told in rhymes. In fact, the rhyming words are bolded at the end of each line. In the story, one breathing exercise is taught to Sofia, but at the end of the book, there are several other breathing exercises to try.

This is a wonderful way for children to learn about handling emotions and stressful situations. It would be a great addition to family and school libraries.

Pause and take a deep breath! This book teaches some specific techniques to deal with stress… in examples that children often face. The prose & illustrations add charm … a fun & important read for me and my watoto (children)

My children love this book. I have one that struggles with calming down and the story and exercises in this book have helped her connect breathing with calming down. It’s been wonderful!

I got this book for my granddaughter who loves reading this when she feels like she needs to calm her mind. Good book for kids.

Pause and take a deep breath! This book teaches some specific techniques to deal with stress… in examples that children often face. The prose & illustrations add charm … a fun & important read for me and my watoto (children)

I got this for my granddaughter who six and she absolutely loves it. Trying to teach her about calming herself down by meditating and doing some deep breathing.

This book is a great emotional resource for kids (and adults) dealing with their overwhelming emotions. This has tips I’ve just learned about in my late 30’s that I wish I had learned as a kid. I love the breathing flashcards at the end so the kid has a variety of easy steps to follow to process emotions and adjust mindset towards more positive things.