F Is for Feelings Paperback – 15 Aug. 2014

What a brilliant book for encouraging children to accept that they are likely to feel different emotions and to help them become more confident about discussing and describing their feelings. It is arranged with an introduction and then one emotion and description for each letter of the alphabet. It even has advice for grown ups to help them follow up sharing this book with children with suggested activities and discussions suitable for use with an individual child or a class. This is a really great book for helping children verbalise their emotions and accept that some are more comfortable than others!The text is clear, easy to understand and likely to promote discussions – and the illustrations are appealing to children, clearly relating to the emotions being highlighted on the relevant page. A delightful book that parents and teachers of younger pupils will find great at helping children in their care accept and verbalise their emotions in a non-threatening format – I think this book could also be described as F is for Fantastic!

Such a sweet book that our 4-6 year olds love. Great way to help kids label their feelings and talk about them. We’ve bought this book as gifts for many of our friends.

.... a book that shows children that they are allowed to have feelings and most importantly that is ok to express those feelings to nurture compassion and empathy for one another. At the end of the beautifully illustrated book, the authors ask the child "How are YOU feeling right now?" and provide a great resource for everybody who is around children how to encourage the dialogue among children, their friends and caregivers. I hope this book finds its way into many homes and schools. Imagine a world where people share their feelings and listen to each other!

Great book to describe feelings other than happy and sad.

I am thrilled with this book, but it is not perfect.This book goes over 26 different feelings using the alphabet. The point of the book is to get young ones to identify what feeling they are having and be able to express their feelings instead of just crying because they don't know how to communicate how they feel. For the most part this book does a really good job of describing the feelings in simple terms and giving visual scenarios that little ones can cannot that feeling too. However, I feel some of the emotions were not well differentiated from each other. Below i have listed the emotions and how they are taught.Afraid - starting a new class with new people (what is nice is the opposing page is a child who is brave as contrast. Both kids are afraid, but one decides to be brave while the other remains in their fears.)Brave - goes down a dark hallway. I wish they stated she was afraid instead of frightened so could better connect to previous emotion.Confused - in following instructions to build a craft. Wish they mentioned needing to ask for help to understand. Kids do not need to stay in confusion.Determined - trying hard to cross this jungle gym. (could be connected to the opposing page because they confused child has a choice to give up or be determined to figure it out... determination takes a choice and hard work.)Embarrassed - spilled milk, does not want to be laughed atFrustrated - can't tie shoesGrumpy - nothing going right. Wish they did not describe the feeling as grouchy because i do not know how many kids will get that unless watch Sesame Street. Would have said something like feel bad about everything and think nothing will go right.Happy - jumping for joy which connects those two emotions (happy and joy) as one and the same. Would have preferred to describe as cannot stop smiling and feel glad to have done something.Impatient - I don't want to waitJealous - i want your toyKind - helping othersLonely - left out of gamesMad - not liking something and being angry. I don't like describing emotions with an emotion so not a very good description. Would have done something more on the lines of how dare you do that to me, I need to walk away, can't you understand how that hurts me, its not fair that i never win... just something that showed/revealed the mad emotion is an outburstNervous - about jumping in the poolOkay - I feel alright even though banged up my knee. Would prefer I am going to be alright, just do not want to do that again. Its the whole idea that you make it through and are okay, but did not enjoy it.Proud - Made a goal so feel good about self.Quiet - needing lone time.Respectful - care about others and want to show it. In my opinion not a very good description if left just at that. Its about saying please, thank you, obeying the rules, holding one's tongue on saying mean things, etc. So a lot more goes into this feeling than the brief description given.Sad - Feeling unhappy. Should have added wanting to cry or missing someone.Terrific - Feeling great and having fun. They had to put something in for a T, but I would have preferred thankful (touched by another's kindness and wanting to thank them for what they did for you). Terrific is too close to being happy and not really one of the main emotions to go over.Upset - Described as I don't like this. Including this emotion in the book would make sense IF they had described being mad better. The book unfortunately ends up explaining both mad and upset in the same terms.... but being upset does not need to escalate into anger. Maybe having quiet time, walking away, then trying again with determination will help avoid getting mad even when upset.Valued - listening to me lets me know you care about me.Worried - I don't know what will happen; will mom and dad come back home? Seems rather close to being nervous and afraid. If nervous was described in the book as shaking/quivering - didn't know if can do it, and if afraid was described in the book as scared/frightened of something - not able to sleep.... then worried could have been described in the book as concerned about the future and what will happen next. However, I don't think the book did a great job of separating out these three emotions clearly so it feels redundant. I would have cut out nervous and combined it with afraid... so worry would have a distinct difference.Excited - can hardly wait to go to the fair!Yelling - full of energy and wanting to be loud. Though this is not technically a typical emotion, I feel it was very wise of the author to include it. Energetic/exuberant really is an emotion that kids may have and the societal structure today does not allow kids enough time to get that energy out. I just wish yelling was not the word chosen because we don't really want kids to yell. I would have included this emotion under N for energetic... and took out nervous since its really part of being afraid.Zany - being silly. I would have put silly under Y and described as wanting to laugh and make others laugh. For Z i would have done ZZZZzzzzzz for being tired. Because it is a true emotion to feel so tired that you cannot think straight... needing a nap. In fact, i never heard of the word zany before reading this book so I really don't know how often that word is commonly used.Overall this is a great book on emotions for little ones. Any areas where the book is lacking, supplemental teaching and explanations can fill in the gaps. Other emotions that i mentioned which are not included in the book can be added as a supplemental information.

Love this book! My son does not like negative emotions. He says, "I am not sad. I want to be happy." This book really helped him identify his emotions and then work on how to feel better when he is upset, rather than just throwing a tantrum. I also love the positive emotions in this book. I love talking about being "brave" and "determined". My son can be shy, so we now talk about being brave and playing with other kids, and then we will have fun. We also talk about being determined when it seems like we can't do something to keep trying. Being an alphabet book and showing relatable scenarios for each emotion, including experiences at school, is great! My son loves alphabet books and finds the scenarios relateable, and he enjoys coming up with similar experiences he has for each emotion. Great book!

I recommend this book to any parent that wants to teach their young children about feelings, the good and the not so good feelings. I read this book to my children a few times a week. It has discussion and activities in the back that parents and children can do together. It also gives great vocabulary for toddlers and preschoolers that have a hard time expressing themselves with words. Great illustrations too.

This book I recommend. Best book for children to learn how to identify their own feeling and understand how it makes the feel. Wonderful book! My son loved it!

This is an amazing book for children who are ready to explore feelings. We received the book today via amazon. Our 4 children of multiple ages have already reread it 10 times. What I like most is; it effortlessly opens the door to discuss feelings in much more detail. Very insightful a must have for any who has or works with children.

Our toddler loves this book. When we bought it he was 2.5 yo and it was a little long of a read. But at 3 he regularly asks for it and see,spams to really identitfy with a range of emotions. Highly recommend to help kiddos with the emotional intelligence and language.

Great book! My daughter (2.5) absolutely loves it. I love the diversity of the children and adults in this book. She has memorized a lot of it, and now lets me know how she's feeling using the descriptive words in this book.

The book is absolutely adorable! Very creative and educational, I homeschool my daughter and we have read this book many times!

I thought this would be like a regular kids book, but it's more like a book for a therapist to use with kids or families. It's a little weird and cheesey.

A really great alphabet book all about feelings. The pictures will help the littlest kids understand the range of feelings. This would be a great one for the beginning of school or for building vocabulary for talking about feelings.

this is a great book for children to identify their emotions. now my little girl can say the word "frustrated". lol. i would def. buy this book as gifts for others w/ kiddos too!

The best book I have found to help kids learn feelings. Bonus they learn their letters too! I love the illustrations and I now buy this book for all kids birthdays.