This was so so so so cute. Everyone should have this one. It was so touching and helpful. And Muppets so yeah it is fantastic.,

There's a huge emphasis on emotional intelligence in modern parenting, but sometimes even parents aren't sure what that means. Especially if you're the first generation in your family to put much focus there. If you find you need a little help, this might be a good resource for you.

Various Sesame Street characters talk about what inspires emotions in them, and also what the emotions look like on a body. Almost a field guide for aliens!

Of course, the main appeal here is that it's Sesame Street. It's not slapdash, there's no errors here, but it's not very interesting. While my kid was excited to see Elmo and friends, she didn't keep interest in this book for long. The language is almost scientific. It feels like someone took a child development or psychology textbook and simplified the language for kids. Nothing like engagement or a story in here.

I'd say this is a library resource, not a household necessity. You kid might flip through to see the characters, but not for much else.

An absolutely fantastic resource to help young children learn to recognize and name their emotions. A range of feelings (happy, angry, proud, jealous, etc.) are presented with both photos of kids and Sesame Street characters illustrating what the emotion might look or physically feel like. Emotions are presented without judgment--frustrated is as valid as excited and neither is "good" or "bad". Kids are reassured that everyone has big feelings and several suggestions are given for how to manage feelings that come up. This would be an excellent addition to home, school, classroom, and community libraries for preschool and pre-K!

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!

How Are You Feeling? is a fun and educational read about identifying emotions for the youngest readers through pictures and simple text by Marie-Therese Miller. Released 7th Feb 2023 by Lerner Publishing, it's 32 pages and is available in paperback, library binding, and ebook formats.

Identifying and learning how to manage emotions can be frightening and difficult for small children. The author uses the comforting familiarity of the Sesame Street characters to learn emotions and show them along with diverse youngsters (ca 4-8 years of age) for readers to model and learn.

The message is simple: absolutely everyone has big feelings, and that's OK! Appealing color photos showing kids being happy, sad, excited, etc are followed on the facing pages by Sesame Street muppets explaining what makes *them* feel happy, sad, or excited. There is no judgement or shaming whatever. Seeing and learning emotions in a safe way makes it easier to cope and understand when real situations arise which are probably outside the control of the children reading this appealing little book.

Five stars. This would be a superlative choice for public or school library acquisition, for gift giving, for the child's home library, as well as for professional settings such as therapy practices, counselors, kindergartens, doctor's offices, and similar.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

I received an electronic ARC from Lerner Publishing Group through NetGalley.
Delightful and informative book about emotions. The Sesame Street characters show readers what big feelings look like and feel like. I appreciate the page spreads showing children feeling an emotion and then a character talking about a time they felt that same emotion. The story offers permission to feel the gamut of emotions and know it is okay. At the end of the book, readers see pictures and definitions for each feeling to further explain them.

Readers will see examples of feelings, coping skills, and what the emotion can look and feel like. Having Sesame Street characters is an added bonus too. This is an essential book in any young child’s library, one that hopefully adults can benefit from too. I appreciated that big feelings were normalized.

A great book for an introduction to preschoolers about their many emotions! I loved the real life photos paired with a matching Sesame Street character. Both of my toddler children loved this book! I also loved the pages about what to do when you feel big feelings- a great reminder for both kids and adults!

I will 1000% be purchasing this book. I love the way the authors addressed emotions - naming them, giving examples of why you would feel that way, how it feels in your body, and how to deal with the emotions. I love the integration of Sesame Street characters and real photos which will help to teach emotion recognition in others. I want this on my shelf for not just my daughter but my clients.

I have an almost three year old with big feelings. This book does a great job of opening that dialogue to help her not only identify feelings but practice healthy coping skills too. She loved the use of real kids pictures too and enjoyed talking about the images and what makes her happy, sad, frustrated, excited etc.

This was great story to teach emotions especially to kids who enjoy Sesame Street. I will certainly use this in my Special Education classroom to teach feelings.

This book was great for my four year old! Between preschool, spending time with friends and family, she has many "big feelings" throughout any given day. This picture book helped her name all of her feelings and visualize what someone may look like when they have big feelings. The ending gave realistic advice for kids on how to deal with their big feelings.