Mr McGee and the Biting Flea

Reach for this book when your child is stuck in a cycle of frustration or feeling completely overwhelmed by a physical discomfort, like a scratchy tag or a minor scrape. It provides the perfect psychological circuit-breaker, using absurdist humor to help a child step back from their own big feelings and laugh at the absurdity of a situation they cannot control. The story follows the eccentric Mr McGee as a tiny, invisible nuisance: a biting flea: drives him to a state of total frantic energy. To escape the itch, he must shed his dignity (and his clothes) to dive into the ocean. It is a masterclass in rhythm and rhyme that captures the escalating nature of annoyance while offering a joyful, splashing resolution. Ideal for preschoolers, it validates that small things can feel like big problems while showing that sometimes, a change of environment is the best cure for a bad mood.