The Feelings Book by Todd Parr
Reviewed by: Chris Singer
About the author:
Todd Parr lives near San Francisco but grew up in Wyoming. He likes to paint, but failed art class. Now he creates books for kids and has a TV show called ToddWorld. His books talk about love, kindness and are sometimes silly. He loves the fog, the sea lions, dolphins and macaroni and cheese. He also loves his dog Bully.
About the book:
Do you feel silly? Do you feel lonely? Do you feel like dancing? Open this book and find out about all the different feelings you can have.
My take on the book:
I’m a huge Todd Parr fan and I’ve already introduced many of his books to my 22 1/2 month old daughter. She also loves Todd’s books and our latest addition to our home library, The Feelings Book, is no exception.
The Feelings Book is an excellent introductory book about feelings for toddlers and preschoolers. I like that it’s not the typical book about feelings where there’s simply an introduction to four or five feelings. Instead, The Feelings Book is full of all different sorts of feelings while at the same time letting kids know it’s okay to feel any of these things. I also love the message telling kids it’s okay to talk with others about their feelings.
As my daughter is starting to acquire more and more language, I’m glad there’s a book like this which introduces feelings in a fun and light-hearted way. I highly recommend this for parents of toddlers and preschoolers.
Love this book too. It was our first Todd Parr book and is so thrashed from teething, reading and toting that we’re gonna have to get a new copy in paperback soon. . . Glad your daughter likes it too. . .