This story came at a perfect time! My youngest has been having big feelings. I was able to sit down with my daughter and read the story. We discussed identifying feelings and how Harper handled it. The story was written in a way that my two-year-old understood some of the challenges Harper was struggling with. I can't end this review without acknowledging the illustration. John Bajet did a beautiful job. The images were colorful but also calming.

Whenever Im reviewing a children's book I either imagine if I would have benefited from reading a book or the young ones in my life would benefit from them.
And I think understanding and handling big feelings its a very important skill for adults, we might as well nourish it from the beginning where this book enters the chat, so everychild ( and some adults!) can read this book.
Educational and entertaining, nice combo.
Thanks to net Galley and the author for this arc.

I really liked this book. I love the art for it and really like the different emotions shown. I think it's great some techniques are given to feel better as well as tips for caregivers at the end.

This is an enriching and empathetic story that beautifully helps young children identify a range of both core and more complex emotions.

Developing social and emotional skills is so important for the growth and well-being of little ones. This book cleverly helps them to recognize and understand the wide variety of emotions they might feel throughout the day. The familiar settings of home and school, along with the lovely and simple illustrations and a catchy song element, will immediately capture and hold the attention of young readers.

Overall, my four-year-olds and I thoroughly enjoyed this book. We found it particularly relatable because they experience many of the same emotions as Harper does in a single day! We highly recommend it for young children.

Like all of us, our adorable tiger Harper has MANY feelings and sometimes those feelings seem to get the best of her! But when Mom teaches her a special song to help calm her down and regulate her emotions, she finds that she's in control and can handle whatever comes her way -- be it a finicky coat sleeve that refuses to cooperate, having to wait her turn at show and tell, or being anxious about when Mom will be at school to pick her up.

This is a sweet, informative book with adorable illustrations. Thank you to NetGalley and the author for providing me with a free eARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is a darling little story of a young tiger named Harper who is learning how to manage her emotions when she has big feelings. Her mother teaches her a song to calm herself down, a skill she takes with her to school. The illustrations are soft and vivid and the text is manageable for reading to young readers. I think this would be a great book for toddlers who are learning to navigate their feelings and would recommend it for preschool classes.

Thank you to NetGalley, Zeitgeist and Jayme Yannuzzi for the eARC of this children's book.

Thank you to Netgalley for this e-copy of Harper Handles Big Feelings by Jayme Yanuzzi in exchange for a honest review. This is a wonderful story of a tiger named Harper who handles her big feelings with the help of her mother and her special song that helps her calm down . Working as a preschool assistant in a preschool disabled classroom, every day I witness our children having big feelings that they can’t control.Having a song or saying that each child can use to calm down is vital to their success in mastering preschool.This book is a perfect recipe for setting the preschooler up for success

Strategies for Big Feelings

I think this book is a great starting strategy for managing big feelings.

The book was illustrated to the point of pulling you into each specific scene.

This book would make a great gift for a classroom at the beginning of the school year (or anytime) to set the expectations for tactics to manage their own emotions.

I received a copy of this book from Jayme Yannuzzi and Familius. I have elected to leave a review. All opinions are my own.

This book is a great tool for helping toddlers navigate big feelings. Also provides parents with some good examples that can be carried over and taught to your kids to help regulate those big emotions. The pictures were also cute! Will definitely be reading it to my toddler and singing the song.

Harper has big feelings about show and tell day. Her mom helps handle these big emotions by teaching her a catchy song.

An important book!

I loved this book. It has colorful, fun illustrations. The lessons in the book are very useful for both parents and kids. This is a very important, helpful book for toddlers. I cannot recommend this enough!

Four year old loved the story and especially the pictures.
As an adult reading this my only issue was that what tune was the rhyme supposed to be sing to since it didn’t rhyme.
For young kids very cute story about everyone having big feelings.

I received a copy of this eBook from netGalley for a honest review.

This book is a wonderful way to show and describe the different feelings we all go through. It has a little song to help kids settle down and recenter themselves when big emotions come. I think this is an important book for kids to read with their caregivers.

I like how this book can be used with toddlers to show them how even book characters may get frustrated but it’s ok. There are a lot of books for older kids but younger kids need coping skills as well.

A powerful story introducing the little ones to big emotions like sadness, jealousy, worry; and a sweet song to help overcome it! The text by Jayme Yannuzzi is simple, relatable to both kids and adults and John John Bajet's illustrations compliment the story so well!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book is a perfect example for kids to help them understand their big feelings, using everyday problems to help them relate easier.
This also reminds us parents to also stay calm and teach them how to breathe through the emotions.
Loved this picture book!

Really quick, what's Harper's beef with Sammy? Just kidding!
But, in all seriousness, this is a great book! All kids will benefit from this book at some point or another. Nobody knows how to manage certain emotions right away, and this book flawlessly equips little ones with simple, effective, and accessible skills to use when their emotions get away from them. The song was such a clever idea, and I really like how kids and their parents/caregivers can apply the lyrics to any tune they want. It allows this book to be a bit more personal and tailored to the reader. Lastly, the illustrations were stunning! All of the animals were especially adorable, and I loved the illustrator's use of both soft and vibrant colors. Bravo!!

I read this with my almost 4 year old. We loved the illustrations. I couldn’t figure out the tune with the song but overall thought it did a good job with teaching emotions.

I really adored the illustrations in this book! They looked like colored pencil drawings which I thought was really pretty & different from most books I've read with my kids. Overall, I really loved the point of this book & how it helps kids understand emotions & how to regulate them. I feel like the song was a bit hard to guess how to sing since there wasn't a rhyming scheme or anything. I suppose that makes it up to the reader's discretion but it took me out of the flow of the book a bit. I enjoyed that there was diversity in the book (kids with glasses, a kid in a wheelchair) as well! It was really awesome to see.

This book aims to helps kids identify a number of emotions and normalize expressing what we are feeling. The “song” reminds us to take a deep breath and count to three when wanting to “calm down”.

My children loved the illustrations and were engaged for the whole book. I felt like the song was a little clunky. The use of a tiger and a count to calm down song reminded me of Daniel the Tiger.