Children's Literature: Emotions

Dinah wishes horrible things for her mother when the two have a fight.

Describes how it feels to be happy and what can cause it.

"Do you feel happy? Sad? Silly? Angry? This books helps children and parents talk about feelings!"

Presents Maya Angelou's poem illustrated by paintings and drawings of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Features biographies of both the author and artist.

A young boy describes, in text and photographs of his facial expressions, the different emotions he feels each day.

Farmer Evan and his dog do everything together and, especially, in the garden but when his dog passes away Evan lets his garden fill with weeds until a pumpkin vine brings new hope.

Sonya raises her three chickens from the time they are tiny chicks. She feeds them, shelters them and loves them. Everywhere Sonya goes, her chicks are peeping at her heels. Under her care, the chicks grow into hens and even give Sonya a wonderful gift: an egg! One night, Sonya hears noises coming from the chicken coop and discovers that one of her hens has disappeared. Where did the hen go? What happened to her? When Sonya discovers the answers, she learns some important truths about the interconnectedness of nature and the true joys and sorrows of caring for another creature.

A young child experiences sadness as if it were a visitor, acknowledging the emotion and suggesting activities to do with it.

A young girl is upset and doesn't know how to manage her anger but takes the time to cool off and regain her composure.

The author creates a guessing game of facial reactions in this foldout board book.