Six books that help little kids put names to big feelings like anger, worry and grumpiness.
All of these are just suggestions. Swap in whatever your family already has and likes.
About recognizing and naming feelings. A monster learns to sort his jumbled emotions into colors, one by one.
About comforting someone who's upset. Everyone offers Taylor advice and fixes, but what helps is the rabbit simply sitting and listening.
About anger and calming down. Sophie's fury is shown honestly, and so is the time and space it takes to cool off.
About accepting a bad mood. Jim Panzee learns it's okay to feel grumpy without needing to be fixed or cheered up.
A tour of different feelings and how each one physically feels, told through a cut-out heart. Good for building feelings vocabulary.
A first feelings book. Bold, simple pages that name one feeling at a time.
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