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What Makes Me Happy?
What makes you laugh and cry? What makes you bored, excited, or scared? But most of all, what makes you happy?
- GenresPicture BooksChildrens
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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About the author
Catherine Anholt
95 books8 followersCatherine Anholt and her husband Laurence Anholt are a husband-and-wife team who have worked together on more than 60 picture books, published all over the world in more than 17 different languages. Their picture books – including the Chimp and Zee series – have won numerous awards and have been featured on television and radio. Catherine grew up in the Cotswolds as one of a family of eight. After a brief nursing career, she found her true vocation as an artist at Falmouth Art School, leaving to take an MA at the Royal College of Art in London.
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March 19, 2014
This book may help a child to identify emotions they are experiencing and encourage them to discuss any they feel uncomfortable with. Reassures children that it is normal to experience a wide range of emotions.
Each double page spread in this book focuses on a different emotion. The left hand pages show children questioning what makes them feel or do something: laugh, cry, be bored, pleased, jealous, scared, sad, excited, shy, cross or happy. The right hand page lists the events the child associates with that feeling (for example, one child feels sad when it 'rains every day', 'no one wants to let her play', or 'someone special's far away'. This book may be a good starting point to encourage a child to talk about a particular emotion they are feeling, or simply allow them to realise that other children may be experiencing similar challenges.
I would recommend this book to all children as it provides a starting point for conversation about emotions and why we might be feeling a particular way. This would be great for more in depth use with younger children but also a good starting point for children within KS2.
Each double page spread in this book focuses on a different emotion. The left hand pages show children questioning what makes them feel or do something: laugh, cry, be bored, pleased, jealous, scared, sad, excited, shy, cross or happy. The right hand page lists the events the child associates with that feeling (for example, one child feels sad when it 'rains every day', 'no one wants to let her play', or 'someone special's far away'. This book may be a good starting point to encourage a child to talk about a particular emotion they are feeling, or simply allow them to realise that other children may be experiencing similar challenges.
I would recommend this book to all children as it provides a starting point for conversation about emotions and why we might be feeling a particular way. This would be great for more in depth use with younger children but also a good starting point for children within KS2.
March 11, 2012
This is a charming book about feelings. Each double-page spread asks a question ("what makes me sad?") and answers with examples in labeled pictures. Perfect for toddlers up to grade 1.
September 4, 2018
This book was a remnant of my childhood, something I read a LOT. So when I saw it on the ready to be shelved cart, I immediately jumped on it. It brought me back to first and second grade, when life was a little simpler. The illustrations were as enchanting as ever, and the lyrical prose was still just as fun. I hope this book comes back in vogue soon, for it will forever be a favorite of mine!
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April 26, 2013
This is an excellent book to use in pre-school, nursery or reception classes. It uses the element of rhyme to describe different feelings that children feel in different situations. The book consists of questions such as, ‘what makes me laugh?, what makes me cry? And what makes me jealous?’ It is a nice, interactive and fun way of teaching children aspects of PSED in the EYFS framework. It teaches them how to express their feelings and how certain actions may hurt others feelings. I also like how the illustrations show diversity in race, emphasising on an element of inclusion and equal opportunities. Also, the pictures allow SEN and EAL children to also join in as they demonstrate each emotion clearly.
The examples they use to answer the questions in the story are examples that most children can relate to e.g. falling from a swing or wasps that sting make them cry. In a lesson, this book can be used as starting point to encourage children to express their feelings and why they are feeling like that. They can expand on their emotions by incorporating more difficult emotions such as jealousy, excited and bored.
The examples they use to answer the questions in the story are examples that most children can relate to e.g. falling from a swing or wasps that sting make them cry. In a lesson, this book can be used as starting point to encourage children to express their feelings and why they are feeling like that. They can expand on their emotions by incorporating more difficult emotions such as jealousy, excited and bored.
September 11, 2009
Read with my preschoolers as we're doing a unit about feelings. Darling book covers many emotions! My favorite page: "What makes me bored? Grown-ups . . . moaning groaning eating meeting walking talking feeding reading sitting knitting stopping shopping" The children didn't really get that part, but I was SO laughing inside! I guess at 4-years-old they haven't been shopping or to enough meetings yet with mom - or still like the novelty of it all.
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