Feelings to Share from A to Z

I was excited to find an alphabet book focusing on feelings so that we could help introduce some more "emotional" vocab words to our very verbal 2 yr old. Many of the feelings and descriptions listed are helpful and clever. However, I cannot recommend this book because of several negative or confusing descriptions-- I've literally put sticky notes in our copy to change some of the descriptions so that when my husband or I read it, we use a positive message instead. Here are the worst offenders:X is for eXcited. You feel excited about special times, like when school is finally over. No more tests-- no more homework. Now you can enjoy your summer. As friends race out the door, they cheer, "have fun, see you next year!" (why do the authors cast school in a negative light? there are many other ways to describe excited to a child!)F is for Frightened. It's dark in your bedroom, you're almost asleep. Suddenly you hear a strange noise. You feel frightened and turn on the light. What a relief...it's just one of your toys. (I'm all for talking about feeling frightened, but why propagate the whole "the dark is scary" concept? I don't want my kid to have that idea in his head)W is for wishful. The candy shop has many treats; lollipops, chocolate, and gum. You want to try some of each, but have money for only one. You feel wishful-- it all looks so good. You want to buy everything-- imagine if you could. (wishful seems like a very obscure choice. why not pick one of many other W words, like weak, wonderful, worried, willing, or even worldly. also, their example propagates the whole "coveted candy" concept)L is for lonely. You feel lonely when your friends can't come over to play. Then you get out your tea set and teddy bear and find something fancy and fun to wear. (an example of the several lackluster descriptions. here it seems rhyming took precedence over explaining that even if you are lonely, there are ways to have fun by yourself)Hope this is helpful for those who also want to avoid sending negative messages to their little ones. It's a shame, because this could have been a great book.

I heard about this book on a podcast and got it for my 4.5 yo son. It’s a cute book going through all types of emotions. A great way to help them put words to some of the feelings they may be having.

Beautifully illustrated! We really like this book. We're in the process of getting our 2 year old to identify his feelings instead of having a tantrum because he cannot convey what he is feeling. This book has nice rhymes and illustrations that teach a child what they may be feeling and why they may be feeling that way. The characters are really diverse which was the one of the main reasons why we purchased it.

I first came across this book during my internship. This is a great feelings book because it talks about feelings most other children's books ignore. Feelings covered in this book:Awesome, Brave, Creative, Dramatic, Exhaustive, Frightened, Generous, Happy, Interested, Jealous, Kind, Lonely, Mad, Nervous, Optimistic, Proud, Quiet, Responsible, Shy, Thankful, Understood, Valued, Wishful, Excited, Yucky, Zany.

I use this book in my therapy work with small children. Some of the feelings are a stretch like zany but overall, does a good job of explaining feelings with diverse illustrations that appeal to children of all backgrounds. I use this with children from 5-10 and it does the job!

use this book in my counseling practice and it is very helpful. The kids really enjoy all the pictures, descriptions and that it is based on the alphabet, some even try to guess what the next feeling will be.

Good explanation of children's feelings. Grandchildren enjoyed my reading the book to them.

I purchased the book to read to my 6 year old grandson at bedtime. He really favors this book between all of the many, and I mean many, books that are in his library