As an occupational therapist, I am always looking for new ways to present and strengthen social emotional learning. I appreciated how this book used animals to help increase the interest in the topic. All the different factors were explained so well and had coordinating activities to help reinforce the ideas. It was kept light bright and wasn’t over wordy. This could easily be incorporated into sessions or designed into a program for a teacher to use in her classroom. I hope to read the other books. This could really be a helpful tool for any child struggling with social emotional learning.

I really liked this! As an adult who works with neurodiverse children I learnt a lot from this and can see how it may benefit many of the students I work with. I had never heard of the term nociception before, but found it so interesting diving more into the senses and emotions!