About This Book
A parent might reach for this book when their young child is overwhelmed by big emotions they can't yet name, leading to frustration or tantrums. This gentle book serves as a perfect first dictionary of feelings. Through simple text and warm, expressive illustrations of diverse children and animals, it introduces core emotions like happiness, sadness, anger, and shyness. It helps toddlers and preschoolers build an essential emotional vocabulary, normalizing the experience of having different feelings. By connecting abstract concepts to concrete examples, it provides a safe and calm starting point for conversations about what's happening on the inside.
What Parents Should Know
Sensitive Topics
The book's approach to emotions is direct, secular, and normalizing. It treats feelings like anger and sadness as natural parts of life, without judgment. There are no complex or sensitive topics like death or divorce. The resolution for each feeling is simply its acknowledgment as a valid experience.
Ideal Reader
A 3 or 4-year-old who is beginning to navigate social play and is experiencing more complex emotions. It is perfect for a child who struggles to verbalize their feelings and instead acts them out physically. It gives them the foundational language to start saying, "I feel mad" instead of hitting.
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