Lots of things at the beach scare Sukie. Lots. Because she is just a small dog, and the stairs are big and sandy, and the waves are big and whooshy, and the balls are big and beachy. And besides, there might be lobsters. With endearing illustrations and a perfectly paced text that captures a timid pup’s looping thoughts, here is a funny and honest read-aloud about how overwhelming the world can be when you’re worried — and how empowering it is to overcome your fears when it matters the most.
This brave, sympathetic summer and ocean book can be used in speech therapy to address social/emotional issues like anxiety. It is also great for noticing character expressions and for targeting character analysis as well as for describing with a variety of adjectives and verbs! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using There Might be Lobsters in speech therapy below:
