How Do I Feel?

September 1, 2020
Preschool-K Toddlers are known for their strong feelings, and these board books in the First Emotions series (5 titles) give parents, teachers, and caregivers helpful tools for teaching very young children to recognize and deal with those feelings. The books attempt to normalize not only the emotions themselves, but also common responses to them. With the exception of How Do I Feel?, which discusses how the brain receives signals to produce different feelings and reactions, each book defines one emotion, gives at least one simple example of a situation that might lead a child to feel that way, and explains how one might feel or express that emotion. The illustrations feature symbolic cartoon characters who embody each emotion: an angry fire, a happy sun, a sad rain cloud, etc. A light but useful introduction to feelings for the youngest children.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2020, American Library Association.)