My Feelings and Me

by Holde Kreul, Holde Kreul

This vibrantly and expressively illustrated book invites children and parents to talk about feelings. It takes them through a range of emotions without calling them "good" or "bad," allowing children to examine their own emotional world.

Sometimes, we're happy, so we laugh and shout with glee. Other times, we're angry, and want to rage and roar.

It is not easy to deal with our many contradictory emotions. To recognize our own feelings and deal with them responsibly is an important learning process for children, and a trial of limits.

My Feelings and Me was written to help parents teach children about a difficult subject in a fun, easy-to-understand way. Parents will be grateful for the help!

Genres: Fiction, Childrens, Picture Books, Emotion

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Norma Barajas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

I like the fact that my daughter was able to understand the book. She would jump in and give me examples of times when she had those feelings so for me it was amazing just to hear her be able to relate.

[Kelsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Age: Preschool+
Emotions: Happy, angry, scared, jealous, ashamed, sad, love, nervous

Straight forward approach to talking about feelings including what they are and how they affect us and how important it is to acknowledge them. Although emotion books have been done before, Kreul's unique contributions include her inclusion of empathy (how when we understand our feelings, it is easier to understand others) and that others may want to "talk away" our feelings ("Don't worry about it!") but they are still there.

White backgrounds put extra focus on facial and body expressions, also facilitating a good classroom read-aloud.

[Kamila Zikmundová · Rating 3 out of 5]

V knize jsou velmi dobře popsány jednotlivé pocity, které děti mohou prožívat.
Kniha je určena dětem od 5 let.
Co mě trochu mrzí je, že tam nejsou rady, jak s knihou (s těmi pocity u dětí) dál pracovat. Protože je pravdou, že i my dospělí máme často problém zpracovat některé svoje pocity. Potlačujeme je a to taky není vždy dobře. Takže pro děti je ještě složitější se v tom vyznat.

[Sam C · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story expresses each emotion and how it makes you act. They have great animated pictures and great detail to explain the emotions. I will put this in the classroom to teach myself and the children what actions may occur when someone is feeling a way. This can also help everyone get along better.

[Jackie Dentrone · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this is a great way to talk to students about their feelings and emotions in the classroom. This helps with their emotional intelligence to become aware of what emotions are and what they mean. This is significant to creating a manageable and healthy classroom environment as well as it can improve the students development as a learners.

[Hannah Brewster · Rating 4 out of 5]

I gave this book four stars because the content and discussions behind this book are beneficial. It gives examples for readers to connect to and allows them to understand what feelings really are.

Traits: Ideas, Voice, Word Choice

Reading Levels:
AR - 1.2
DRA - 4

[Lisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book has some helpful comments (to parents, too, about what *isn't* useful ("don't worry about it!")), but I wonder if some of it doesn't come across in translation as much, and it is glaring to have a book that seemingly only has white people.

[Lisa Sandridge · Rating 4 out of 5]

helpful when kids can’t express feelings

Good beginners book for children who have no control over expression.
Icebreaker when starting a conversation on how to express or talk about emotions.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about various feelings that children may experience. Kreul does a nice job at adding visualizations to feelings, along with solutions on how to deal with negatie feelings.

[fisher · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's a good concept, overall it's well-executed but a few of the pages bothered me - for example, I'm not sure I agree with the way that fear and anger are discussed.

[Mandy Robek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Range of emotions with visuals and words to help the reader understand.

[Piret Peensoo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jah! Viieaastane minus rõõmustas seda raamatut lugedes ja uudistades.

[Jacqueline]

Cute book to teach kids about emotions.

[Christi Nelson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about feelings and what feelings are.

[LeAnndra Ray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good way to help children learn and express their feelings.

[Adriana Carroll]

I liked how this book taught about feelings. It is a great way for kids to learn about them.

[Brighton Hulsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked that it talked about feelings! It told me my feelings are my own and other people don’t have to feel the same. I can talk about my feelings to people!