OUIL603 - Book idea

It's okay to cry.

A book that reinforces a positive message about showing your emotions and that it's okay to cry sometimes.

My first idea is to have the main character as a young boy who was told that "big boys don't cry" bad things keep happening to him, he gets sad, but doesn't show any of his emotions and keeps them bottled up, so and emotions monster starts following him around and making things worse and worse, until finally he cries and becomes a super hero who has the ability to kill the monster.

My second idea is a story which tells the story of a weightlifter who cries all the time, and everyone thinks he's weak, but he somehow proves everyone wrong (I don't actually have this idea as solid as the first one) I've actually just found something quite similar to this on the Flying Eye Website.
It's a book illustrated by Keith Negley called Tough Guys Have Feelings Too.

“A simple, stylishly illustrated picture book […] This appealing book makes the timely decision to hold the conversation about male emotions while everyone involved is in costume, performing some iconically macho role.”
–New York Times

“It teaches little boys that they don’t have to feel like Superman all the time.  This book may actually go a long way towards dismantling rigid gender roles.  For both men and women, crying can be considered a sign of weakness or hysteria — forcing them to repress this very natural emotional response. But Tough Guys (Have Feelings Too) wants to put an end to that right now.  This is the crying revolution, and it looks like the next generation might actually grow up knowing it’s OK to have a good cry when you need.”
–Bustle

“The title says it all.  These tough guys are rendered in simple lines and shapes and colored in black and white, red, blue, and yellow, but they represent a broad range of virility. […] Negley’s debut is nonetheless sincere.”