A straight forward and humorous introduction to Body Language. This is a good book for kids, and is nicely written and illustrated. How "scientific" all of this is is open to question. But this is a good first book on the topic and I enjoyed it. The illustrations are light and humorous.

Personal space and body language are often used to understand others and improve interactions. However, in this book, some of the body language interpretations felt overly generalized. At times the characters provided narrative explanations of their emotions that seemed a bit unrealistic.

(3.5/5, rounded up)
Not only a great idea but illustrated with precision. Adam Wolf, bravo!

Body language can feel like a "you had to be there"-type concept when explaining it to someone, so I wasn't sure if there was any way to succeed in conveying movements and gestures like they wanted.

My complaints are:
1) Sometimes the reasoning is stated as fact vs making it explicitly clear that it's only what the person doing the language <i>thinks</i> about themselves - not an actual trait they possess. For example, one says "I've achieved little in my life, and I believe I have nothing to offer." I totally understand where they're going with this - but I'm 29. My concern is that a child, whose brain thinks much more literally, could jump from feelings of insecurity to an assumption they've never achieved anything. Per usual, there's a chance I'm giving this too much thought and it be a non-issue. But thinkin' too much is why they pay me the big bucks ($0). ;)
2) It wouldn't be a bad idea to mention the real possibility of meeting someone who doesn't follow a few, most, or even all of these patterns. Providing this information so rigidly can backfire. Providing the exception of other cultures and their differing customs is not enough.

With those better addressed, this would be an easy 5/5 for me, added to my family's bookshelf upon publishing.

{Thank you bunches NetGalley, Stepanka Sekaninova, Adam Wolf, Publisher Spotlight and Albatros Media for the DRC in exchange for my honest review!}