Big Words for Little People Calmness

My little boy loves this book

Excellent quality book, beautiful language and very good paper quality.

Really helpful for learning to talk about feelings - my granddaughter and her Mum love reading this together. She is a very early talker so I think this book would suit a slightly older child too.

This is a bit of a hard one to review because it is very much about helping your child start to understand different feelings and emotions that they will have growing up. A little bit of me feels that by talking about it you could exacerbate the issue but likewise I also think there is benefits in explaining some things to prevent them becoming a problem. The book itself uses very simple language to try and reassure and calm your children and help them to understand that sometimes it's okay to not feel okay. Illustration is nice and not too childish I think it would be well placed for children aged 4 to 6.

This is such a lovely book and is already in my Emotional Literacy corner at school. It’s simply written with calming colours used in the illustrations so that it provides a feeling of calmness whilst reading it with your child. It’s helpful for those struggling to identify and talk about emotions so is great as a starting point to get children to open up. There are some hints and tips at the end as to how you can use the book and I’m looking forward to using as a conversation starter with small social groups. This is part of a series and I’m also going to be ordering the friendships and kindness one as well as I like the easy to read layout and the beautifully crafted illustrations.