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Is your child a 'Spicy Nugget'? A children's book author's spin on soothing tantrums

The cover of "I Am A Spicy Nugget" beside author Loryn Brantz. (Courtesy of Penguin Random House and Brittany Bartley)
Courtesy of Penguin Random House and Brittany Bartley
The cover of "I Am A Spicy Nugget" beside author Loryn Brantz. (Courtesy of Penguin Random House and Brittany Bartley)

Host Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Loryn Brantz, author of a new children’s book about handling little kids with big feelings called “I Am A Spicy Nugget.

Reprinted with permission of the publisher, Penguin Random House. All rights reserved. 

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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