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Ruby's Tools for Fixing Mistakes

by Apryl Stott

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A toolbox for big feelings and second chances

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    By New York Times bestselling author Apryl Stott

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A toolbox for big feelings and second chances

A school group project puts Ruby’s coping strategies to the test when she feels overwhelmed and angry. The fox’s tools—each linked to a way of handling difficult emotions—give the story a concrete framework for exploring self-regulation. After a mistake disrupts the project and classroom, guidance from Pop Pop and support from friends help Ruby consider how to make things right. The school setting keeps the emotional challenge grounded in a familiar shared task, while the story also touches on flexibility, taking responsibility, and repairing a friendship or group effort after conflict.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 encountering stories about managing anger or feeling overwhelmed.
  • Young readers interested in animal characters and school-based stories about working with friends.
  • Families or educators seeking a story that opens discussion about mistakes and coping strategies.

Themes

Managing anxiety and angerCoping strategiesMistakes and repairFriendship and collaboration

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Book overview

Ruby the little fox uses a hammer and other tools to overcome anxiety and anger during a school group project in this heartfelt sequel to Ruby's Tools for Making Friends by New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Apryl Stott.

Ruby has special tools to help her at school: a tape measure to count her breaths when she's feeling overwhelmed; safety goggles to remind her to see things in a different way; and pliers to remind her to be flexible. But when Ruby's friends start bossing her around during a group project, she finds that her tools aren't working!

Instead, Ruby loses her cool and makes a mess of their project and the classroom. Ruby instantly wishes she could take back her messy mistake, but she's too upset. At home, Pop Pop tells Ruby that anger is a normal emotion and encourages her to find a positive activity to let the emotion out the next time she feels angry. He even gifts her a hammer for her tool belt, as a reminder of what she's learned.

Armed with her new tool, Ruby is determined to set things right at school. But she's about to discover that even the messiest mistake can be fixed with a little help from friends.
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