Really nice little book that is a great way to get children talking about and recognizing their feelings

My Book Of Feelings is a great resource to use with children of Primary School age. It discusses a variety of "sharp" and "fluffy" feelings, naming each feeling and giving examples of when each feeling might occur. This will help children to identify what they are feeling and to give the emotion a name. The book talks about how feelings may not occur in isolation and, in fact, positive and negative emotions may be felt simultaneously. Children are given the opportunity to identify how they may feel in different situations. The importance of speaking up to obtain help when experiencing negative emotions is encouraged, and scripted examples of what to say are provided. Having these scripted examples can help children who may forget what to say in the throes of an emotional experience. Physical manifestations of emotions are mentioned and a variety of calming strategies are suggested. At the end of the book, there is place for children to write something about themselves - what gives them "fluffy" feelings and what gives them "sharp" feelings. It also provides the opportunity for the children to identify some of the strategies that they might try to use to "let some of the sharp feelings out". This is an awesome resource for parents. carers, teachers and educators. Thanks to Jessica Kingsley Publishers for the ARC.

If I am to be honest, if I saw this book on a shelf I probably wouldn't automatically choose to read it. Therefore I am so glad that I decided to take a look at it because it is a valuable book for the over 5's to learn about their feelings and how to express them.

As adults it is hard to navigate how we feel sometimes so giving children a tool with which they can either read themselves or with an adult is a book worth having on your shelf. The book explains to children what type of feelings that may be having and why they may be feeling this way, an example is a Sharp feeling such as scared/frightened - I might feel scared if I am unsure about something.

In this book the two main feeling groups are Sharp (unhappy type of feelings) and Fluffy (those really good feelings). To be honest the word fluffy doesn't work for me but I believe it is a word that children can relate to.

"Even though you can't see them, we all have feelings" this is by far one of the most important bits of text in the book because it gives the young reader a good understanding about feelings. The book also says "Often we have a mixture of fluffy and sharp feelings" e.g. nervous, excited, cheerful and energetic. What a great way to explain to young children about how we sometimes have mixed feelings. The book also offers suggestions of what to do to get those sharp feelings out slowly and quietly by having a cry or hug, by taking breaths in and out, or by walking around to name a few.

In the rear of the book are some exercises to put some of what the reader has learnt into action, such as drawing what things give them sharp and fluffy feelings. There illustrations are simple, uncluttered and easy to relate to. I highly recommend this book

This book is useful I'm including scenarios and how a person may feel. It reads similarly to 'social stories' in wording. I particularly like how added description is added to discussion. Some feelings are described as 'fluffy' and ''sharp' for example. I do feel that this book would further benefit from a clearer layout to further aid understanding. The use of coloured text, for instance, could further indicate emotion.
Please note that I reviewed an advanced reading copy of this book (from netgalley), so this novel may have been formatted further.

Wasn't to thrilled with this one the formatting was a bit off for my device and the kiddo was bored and kinda frustrated why some had things lined up right and others not so much. He didn't learn much from it though the show rubies studio on Netflix went over a lot of it so he knew all these feelings and what they were.