This is a beautiful book about feelings, making them understandable for kids. It's a great way to initiate a conversation with my kids about how they feel and why. Beautiful bright graphics.

I requested this book for 2 reasons. 1, the colours really attracted me and 2, because my niece who is almost 6 is being taught in school to express emotions and to talk about them. Particularly the ones such as sadness, fear and anger. The ones we tend to bottle up and learn to do so at a very young age.

So I wanted to take a look at this book and see if it is something that I would buy for my niece to help her. Turned out, I most definitely would. If she was struggling to name an emotion she was feeling, I would gladly pass this book to her and ask her to point out one of them.

Speaking about emotions is a very important tool that children these days need to learn how to do in a positive way and in a safe environment. This book helps explain what each of the main emotions are. You can see by the cover which are included.

A positive about this book is that each emotion is also colour coded (and by that I just mean that each emotion is given a colour.) Which I think is great too. It's bright and colourful and the illustrations are adorable.

Overall it's a fun book and each page asks you a question about when do you feel that particular emotion or what causes you to feel that emotion. Which is great. It gets kids thinking and connecting to the book a bit more.

One thing that isn't really a negative and I'm not sure if it was done on purpose or not, but with 'Fear' it says, '.....but it also helps to protect you.' Now, maybe it's just me but I'm pretty sure the majority of children are going to wonder what that means. The page doesn't tell you. So maybe it's meant to be left like that so kids will ask the adults? I'm not sure, but I think explaining why it helps to protect you or giving an example, is needed.

But again, overall this is a great book and I would highly recommend it for all children who are just learning about emotions. I know me personally, I've struggled my whole life to express how I feel and to put a name to that feeling, so I extremely would have benefited from this book as a small child.

This book offers a coloured schematic to identify different feelings and emotions. Moods such as joy, sadness, fear, calmness, love, anger and surprise are included. Kids experience a myriad of emotions day-to-day so it's important to name, identify and talk about them to make them aware of their mood changes.

As kids learn about their feelings they will learn how to manage them, a critical skill that lays the foundation for emotional intelligence and resilience.

The Sunny Bunnies are adorable expressive little characters that kids can identify with. Four exercises are included to help kids move through their emotions. I love the book and highly recommend it.

This book teaches children about their emotions, what they are and how they can deal with them. I definitely recommend it.

Not the most beautiful book unless you are really into Sunny Bunnies but I know a lot of kids who are! Really good descriptions of feelings with examples AND activities to help cope with the feelings too. A book I will use with little ones with big emotions

From my 6yo: I liked this book because I like the Sunny Bunnies. They are a lot of fun. Hopper and Big Boo are my favorite. I also like that it asked questions to get you to think about your feelings and that it gave tips to help you calm down.
From me: I like that the book used recognizable characters to introduce or reaffirm feelings that one gets. The fun pictures kept my kiddo engaged. While the language was fine for my 6yo, some of it might be too much for younger kids, especially in the large paragraph blocks that it was presented in. Also, in viewing the book from the NetGalley app, only about half was available, skipping Sadness, Anger, and Surprise as well as a number of tips related to those feelings, so this is a review only on what was available to us, though in seeing previews on retailers that include those pages, this assessment likely holds to that as well.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for granting access to this book

This is a beautiful and moving tale that teaches children all about feelings. Why we have them, how to express them, and also how to be "ok" with the extra tough feelings sometimes. I think adults and children alike would enjoy this special book, and I can't begin to express how important it is for children to be exposed to more books like this.

The Sunny Bunnies are so cute! My 3yo loved the colors and the Sunny Bunnies. She engaged in the questions on each page about the emotion. Inhavent tried the exercises that are given in the back, but they seem very kid friendly and easy to execute. I recommend for parents with littles!
Thanks, NetGalley!

Sunny Bunnies: My Book of Feelings was interactive. My daughter and I had fun with the exercises that were given at the end of the book.

I would recommend buying this book and letting the whole family read and take part in the questions in the book. The illustrations are also very adorable.

I would rate Sunny Bunnies: My Book of Feelings by Carine Laforest 5 out of 5 stars.

Such a beautiful book of feelings for the kids.
The characters are so cute too.
It reminded me a lot of Inside Out movie too.

This book explores seven different feelings and gives examples of when the characters in the book feel them and how to cope with them. The characters are adorable, and I liked how each emotion had a different color—great book for home or the classroom.

Range of Emotions

This book covers a wide range of emotions and how to understand and deal with them. I think the prompts after each emotion is explained is a great setup for group discussions about each emotion. The exercises included are great ways to manage the emotions that were learned about.

The illustrations showcased groups of the characters throughout the emotions and exercises.

I received a free copy of this book from Carine Laforest and Chouette Publishing. I am voluntarily leaving a review. All opinions are my own.

This book was fantastic. I loved the prompts to ask our kiddos. It helped me understand which emotions they understand and have conversations with them. Thanks NetGalley for the copy to review!

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. This is a great short book to teach emotions to young children. I think having a when do you feel (emotion) combined with an illustration of the bunny feeling are good ways to help children identify their own feelings and like having the colour matching the emotion to make navigating the book alone easier for kids. Also the four exercises at the end of the book are great.

Sunny Bunnies by Carine Laforest is a heartwarming and colorful picture book that provides a wonderful opportunity to help children explore and manage their emotions. The story follows a group of playful bunnies who, despite facing various challenges and moods, always find ways to turn their day around with kindness, empathy, and understanding.

Sunny Bunnies offers a rich opportunity to facilitate discussions on feelings, empathy, and emotional expression. The story not only encourages children to acknowledge their own emotions but also emphasizes the importance of supporting others through their feelings. With its delightful illustrations and uplifting narrative, Sunny Bunnies is an excellent tool for fostering emotional intelligence and creating a supportive, empathetic classroom environment.

A very cute and simple book about emotions. I do wish love were exvluded as a feeling - I have always defined it as a need and not a feeling, which comes and goes moment to moment. I loved how it ended with solutions for uncomfortable emotions. I'm not the biggest fan of the illustrations, but they did the job. I was a huge fan of the color coding of emotions.

Sunny Bunnies: My Book of Feelings by Carine LaForest is a delightful little book that provides young readers with an introduction to emotions. Replete with charming illustrations, the Sunny Bunnies guide kids through an exploration of several common feelings, each with a ‘discussion question’ about when the reader feels each emotion, leading to an understanding of triggers. At the end there are a few meditation exercises to help kids learn to process emotions and let them move through. Recommended for helping youngsters learn to process emotions safely, without demonising dense emotion like anger, turning it to something shameful.

***Many thanks to Netgalley & Chouette Publishing for providing an egalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This is in the same vain of Inside Out - it lays out characters in a colorful and interesting way.

I loved that each emotion has three things;
1. Description
2. Qiestion
3. Example

It could make a child feel like they understood while also engaging a child by asking them a question, so you aren't just reading the book but including a child into it also. I thought that was a fun way to read a book with a child.

At the end of the book the children are given 4 exercises to help them move through their emotions. This was a great thing to include!

I'm going to be buying this book to give to my nieces and nephews.

Lovely idea for a book and the characters are so cute. I personally wouldn’t label any of the emotions positive because it infers that other emotions are negative, when all feelings are normal. That being said, I loved that it also had questions so you could engage with your child and actions at the back for helping with big feelings.

What a fun book!

I read this with my toddler who loved the bright colours and cute pictures, I can see us using this as a helpful little tool in aiding him expressing himself. highly recommend to parents of young children, especially if they're having trouble expressing and conveying their mood.

Plus the illustrations are delightful!