Ozzy Ox: Toy Trauma: Toy Trauma

Ozzy Ox: Toy Trauma is the second in the Ozzy Ox series, which follows the adventures of an affable young ox as he learns about everyday life situations. Teaching through storytelling helps children reflect on their own experiences and process the consequences of their own behaviors, encouraging thoughtful change to reach positive outcomes. The Ozzy Ox rhyming picture book series weaves together engaging social emotional learning with everyday life lessons.

In Ozzy Ox: Toy Trauma, Ozzy Ox is barely awake when, while getting out of bed, he slips on toys he left on the floor of his room. MomOx comes running when she hears a "boom and a thump" to find Ozzy on the floor with a bump already projecting from his head. She suppresses her fear and rushes off to the emergency room. Her concern for Ozzy's health pairs with the guilt she feels for the toy mess that hurt Ozzy. What will soothe MomOx's guilty conscience and Ozzy's hurting head? Who will console Ozzy's toys, which were left abandoned and vulnerable? Learn how one mother and son, with the help of a dynamic healthcare team, traverse through a dilemma with courage topped with levity and camaraderie. Learning to make good choices and admitting their own mistakes are life lessons that children will take away from this third book in the Ozzy Ox series.

Other titles in the Ozzy Ox series of rhyming children's picture books include Ozzy Ox Candy Stash, Ozzy Ox Moody Morning, and Ozzy Ox Stands Against Socks. The series brings a relatable and resourceful story to families and educators of young children looking to have a dialogue about typical childhood dilemmas and challenges and how to navigate them positively. Lasting takeaways are making good choices and admitting mistakes when they make them -- and that life's everyday difficulties can best be overcome by honesty, acceptance and forgiveness.