Feelings: A lift-the-flap board book of emotions Board book – 2 May 2019

This book has really helped my son differentiate his feelings and understand why he has them. Great conversation starter to talk about times he’s felt a certain way. I am buying for every 3/4 year old I know!

This is currently my 2.5 year olds favourite book. She looks lifting the flaps and telling me what she thinks the characters are feeling and why she think they feel that way. I try to further the discussion by asking her when were times she felt that way etc.I also like the diversity of the characters in the books.I'm not really a fan of one character being disgusted by veg and another being embarrassed by wetting themselves as I don't really want my little one to associate vegetables with disgust and accidents with embarrassment. However at the same time I do think these are still valid feelings and although children shouldn't feel embarrassed at wetting themselves they may well feel that way just like adults might feel embarrassed at times. I definitely know my eldest is disgusted by vegetables so again it is relatable still. I try to just discuss these examples a bit more e.g she finds them disgusting but we love those vegetables, it's okay to like different things. It's okay to feel embarrassed but we don't need to feel ashamed or worried about what others think. Accidents happen and its normal and we just clean it up etc.The actual book itself is really good quality, it's strong and still looks new despite being read frequently for the last few months.

Well illustrated book to help hidden learn about feelings

I do agree with some of the other reviews the examples used could be better. However, there are things I love about this book too and my 2.5 year old does too:• Inclusive with names, he was happy to see a child named Muhammad. Love that people of colour are included too.• lift the flaps are interactive• the last 2 pages have questions to go through with your little one, he enjoys pointing the the face of the child that had the emotion in the question (almost like a game)• love the use of colours and different settings (like doctors, preschool, park) these are familiar but relatable for a child this age.• after very recently coming out of an abusive relationship with an emotionally unavailable man I am determined I teach my little boy emotions from a young age, recognising and expressing them in a healthy way. This book is a great start.

I wanted to ensure my LG knew about emotions and feelings before starting nursery so she could try and help herself and others if needed. This is such a good book, I was dubious at first, but she absolutely understands most of the feelings in this book through the facial expressions, it’s brilliant. It’s great to help guide her through and label how she’s feeling. I feel we could have benefitted from this sort of thing back in the day so I’m very pleased these books are around for our children now.

My two year old girl absolutely loves the book. Especially the pull up flaps. Good quality 👍

We have it a few months now and my son still absolutely loves this book and I can see him genuinely start to understand each emotion through each set of daily situations that have led to the said emotion.There is flip up part at the end with questions “who was sad they’re ice cream fell on the floor” etc, and my toddler knows the answers to each one! It shows how connected he got with the book. I had my eye on this for a while and so delighted I finally got it.

This book really has helped my daughter understand emotions and what they are. She's only 2, so I had worried this might be too advanced for her.. but she loves lifting up the flaps and listening to each child's day and deciding what feeling they are experiencing. The only part she doesn't engage with is when it says "talk about the time you had that emotion" but maybe that'll come eventually, when she gains more vocabulary. I highly recommend it.