Today I Feel Silly & Other Moods That Make My Day

by Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illustrator)

Overview

Today I Feel Silly helps children understand and appreciate their shifting moods. Relatable and funny, perfect for sharing with anyone struggling with moods.

Jamie Lee Curtis's zany and touching verse, paired with Laura Cornell's whimsical and original illustrations, helps kids explore, identify, and, even have fun with their ever-changing moods.

Silly, cranky, excited, or sad—everyone has moods that can change each day. And that’s okay! Follow the boisterous, bouncing protagonist as she explores her moods and how they change from day to day.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling team of Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell, authors of I’m Gonna Like Me and Where Do Balloons Go?

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060245603
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	07/31/2007
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	11.24(w) x 9.82(h) x 0.41(d)
Lexile:	AD250L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Jamie Lee Curtis is a moody actor. She is the author of When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old’s Memoir of Her Youth and Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born. Jamie lives in California with her fly fisherman husband, Christopher Guest, her dancing daughter, Annie, and her ball-playing boy, Tom.

Laura Cornell is the illustrator of Jamie Lee Curtis’s When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old’s Memoir of Her Youth and Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born, as well as Annie Bananie by Leah Komaiko. Born and raised in California, she lives in New York City with her happy daughter, Lilly, and their two cats. Laura has closet moods.

Editorial Reviews

The young narrator is a mood factory: one day silly, the next sad, then bouncing back with a joyful outlook. For the most part, the girl's briskly versified explanations for her moods are reactive. She is angry when her feelings are hurt after being snubbed, sad when she and her friend have a fight, confused by the prospects of a sibling, frustrated by failed attempts to rollerblade, encouraged by success at knitting. Curtis (Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born, also illustrated by Cornell, 1996) smartly includes a couple of moods—quiet, grumpy, that have no obvious source, moods that perplex and even scare children, who need to know just how okay they are:

Today I am quiet, my mom understands./She gave me two ice creams and then we held hands./We went to the movies and then had a bite./I cried just a little and then felt all right.

Cornell's illustrations are a splash of candy colors, as expressive and inviting as the text.

Kirkus Reviews