Feel Your Feelings

by Scott Stoll, Sara E. Williams PhD

Overview

This clever and colorful picture book will invigorate kids to understand their emotions with fun emojis coupled with upbeat rhymes that readers can act out.

From glad to sad, silly to worry, love to disgust, and many more, the expert authors use cognitive-behavioral principles to introduce kids to tons of everyday feelings. A reader's note in the back of the book explains the concept of emotions, why they can be labeled as bad, and how they are a gift. It also tells more about the poems, the art, and offers further resources.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433839412
Publisher:	American Psychological Association
Publication date:	04/12/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Sara E. Williams, PhD, is a clinical psychologist specializing in treatment of children and adolescents with chronic health conditions. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. Visit dreamaplay.com.

Scott Stoll’s claim to fame is that he rode a bicycle around the world and was an honorary Cultural Ambassador for the U.S. Department of State. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. Visit dreamaplay.com, @scottstoll on Twitter, and @scottystoll on Instagram.


 

Editorial Reviews

05/01/2022

PreS-Gr 1—Using takeoffs of emojis in vivid colors of avocado, mustard, and brick, Stoll and Williams offer children a lexicon of feelings, page by page, to test out. "All emotions have their place. / You show them on your face. / You think about them in your mind. / You act them out all the time. / It's appealing /To feel your feelings. / We'll show you how, /And you'll be wowed." Issues of scansion aside, that page works almost as a menu, allowing children to point to the face or emoji that most characterizes what's going on inside. Then the catalog of feelings begins: glad, sad, calm, mad, silly, worry, love, disgust, brave, scared, grateful. Readers are told to feel it and then to shake it out and move on. As a guided lesson with a helpful adult, this may be useful. But to give every emotion a one-size-fits-all patter, and to imply that you try them on and take them off simply trivializes both children and their feelings. A child approaching the book independently may find it too glib. VERDICT An additional purchase, or to supplement SEL lessons.—Kimberly Olson Fakih

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