This engaging picture book explores difficult emotions with young children, helping the, to develop empathy and emotional awareness. The red hat is an effective metaphor for Ravi's anger and crankiness, and goes on to describe the feeling as 'heavy as a log' and 'itchy like a spider's dance class'.

Colourful illustrations will help young children to understand how Ravi feels and could encourage discussion about how readers might behave in a similar situation. 

Age: 3+