Amazing book to teach children about their feelings. Loved the illustrations and that it made talking about feelings interesting

This is an interactive children's book about feelings. It describes each feeling in simple ways, giving examples of each.

Animals in action to demonstrate some basic feelings.
A good book to start the conversation about feelings with children.
The art style and depictions of situations were interesting and fresh.

The illustrations were lovely and really grabbed my 2 year olds attention. My 6 year old came to join in and loved making the faces to his brother but i would say the book is better for younger readers.

I liked that each emption had a description and also that I could just read the main body without this if my youngest was in a rush to turn the pages.

It covered a lot of emotions and I liked that it didn't demonise "negative" emotions and normalised feeling all of them at some points

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

OMG what a acute book! I really enjoy the art. This will be a wonderful book for young kids or even older kids/ adults who needs to know more about emotions or feelings, especially for schools, therapies, social groups, and more. It has really cute, engaging art and I love the illustration. I love how it uses animals. What I love the most is how it gives a really descriptive, easy to understand explanation that isn't too short or too long about each feeling.

This is such a cute way to teach about animals. The pictures were adorable and it was so humorous. Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this.

I love the fun way this walks kiddos through what different emotions are, what they mean, and how they might feel in your body. My son was quite amused at all the animals and their expressions.

Wow this was a wonderful book for kids. I’m a speech pathologist and work on so many concepts in this book that is packed to the gills with them. Let’s start with alliteration with the feeling and the animals. It’s perfect when teaching my older kids figurative language. Then, we move on to the nonverbal use of emotions. As many of my kids are autistic or language impaired with ADHD, I find the many types of emotions exciting. Most of the time, kids get stuck in the happy, sad and scared emotions. They don’t know when and how to express the others. There is vocabulary and the use of synonyms to describe the emotions. Vocabulary is so important to me and synonyms are extremely hard for many students. They understand antonyms, but can never come up with a same word to describe another. Lastly, questions using predictions and critical thinking. I can’t say enough about how many ways this book helps to expand all these skills. It’s absolute perfection in a simple story.
Oh and I do love the photos as well.

I liked the match of feeling with same letter animal. I feel that this could be a good way to teach elementary school children about identifying feelings especially beyond just the basic ones. I do wish the feeling descriptions on some were different and that perhaps a coping tool was paired with each.

A glossary of basic emotions that children may feel and what they actually feel like. I thought it was interesting that bother anger and grumpy had the suggestion you may need a nap. A helpful tip that my dad always imparted that even now I ask myself when I feel cranky. Although I’m not sure how helpful relegating anger to needing sleep is, rather than stating it could be from something like being sad or scared. Also the buffalo is a bison!

The idea for the book is great. I love that it asks the kids to get involved with the story by mimicking the animals. The art was also incredibly cute and displayed their emotions perfectly. The rhyming pattern tripped us up several times while reading. It doesn't always let you get into a good reading rhythm. I also had mixed feelings on the writing at the bottom explaining the emotions. My child didn't care at all about it but as a parent I think it could make a good conversation starter with your kids.

A super cute introduction to feelings! Animals Feeling Like Us helps the child learn and understand their complicated emotions by seeing them depicted on their favorite animals!

The importance of emotional intelligence cannot be stressed enough. This book is a great find for an introduction to emotions for toddlers. The use of alliterations and the illustration style were very fun.

I will be purchasing this on release day and recommending to all of my friends with small children.

Thank you to BooksGoSocial, R.M. Smith, and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

R.M. Smith's wonderful illustrations go so well with the text of this book, talking about the different feelings we all experience! The expressions on each animal is so emotive and it invites the readers to try to replicate the same expression. It'd be a wonderful book to read with a child! The book also would a be a good introduction to colors with the appearance of each new animal and it's emotion. The rhymes are fun and brings a smile to your face when you read it out loud!

Animals Feeling Like Us is a children’s book written for preschoolers but enjoyed by all. This book explores the social emotional topic of feelings. Though not unique in its storyline, this book provides an interactive way to engage a child in learning a variety of emotions using animals as the main characters.The animals reflected in the book are beautiful, bright but not always happy. The illustrations along with the stories use of rhyming gives the child a way to match emotions with feelings. Overall, this book is an enjoyable and fun read.

⭐️ 4/5
I read this with my 4 year old daughter and we found it difficult to read the pages with the lighter colored backgrounds against the white font. The rhyming pattern seemed a bit off a couple times and didn’t always match up like you’d think it should or how the last animal did.

Other than those areas, the book was engaging and interactive with vivid illustrations of animals, while using great adjectives to define each feeling. The animals encouraged us to make a face in the same emotion, and my daughter enjoyed acting along with them.

These books are crucial for our little ones and it’s so important to teach them at a young age that it’s okay to have these feelings, while giving them resources on how to recognize and cope with them.

Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Books Go Social for the eARC!
This book is a super cute way to teach feelings and emotions to young children. It does a great job explaining each one in a way that’s entertaining and silly. I’m a speech-language pathologist and could absolutely see myself using this book in sessions with students. It would also be a great way to work on recognizing other people’s emotions through facial expressions and body language.

I enjoyed this read and I think it's a good book for kids to be able to become more familiar with their feelings.
The illustrations are well done and simple where I feel kids would be able to identify with each feeling and emotion.

Thank you Netgalley & the publisher for allowing me to review this beautiful ebook.

I absolutely adored the illustrations in this children’s book! It goes through many different emotions/feelings and asks the kids to make that face. Then it goes on with some silly and cute rhymes. Lastly, for each main emotion/feeling it lists corresponding feelings that fall under that umbrella of a feeling. The animals are such a fun way to get kids engaged in feelings!

Through engaging and colorful illustrations, this picture book is a great tool for learning about feelings with children. Perfect for around ages 3 and older, this book is especially great because it names the feeling/emotion and also illustrates the facial expression associated with it. Additionally, the picture book provides examples of situations when someone might experience the feeling that is being described. As a child/adolescent therapist, I love seeing all of the new picture books and children’s literature teaching about thoughts, feelings, and emotions, and this is a great addition to your bookshelf!