On the cover and the right side of each spread, a die-cut heart decreases in size, creating a multi-coloured heart the depth of the entire book. Toddlers will be empowered by this new vocabulary and able to practice articulating and identifying their own emotions. For example: 'When I get really angry, my heart feels like it's going to explode! Don't come near me! My heart is yelling, hot and loud. Unlike other feelings books that tend to oversimplify, In My Heart lyrically explains what an emotion feels like, physically, inside.

The book is beautifully done, with heart cut-outs that run through the center of the book growing smaller on each page, and I think would be an asset to any library! 😊 text copyright Jo Witek 2014, illustration copyright Christine Roussey 2014, Abrams Appleseedįor the complete list of books with resources, please visit Perfect Picture Books.Starring the same little girl in the same charming illustration style as Hello In There!, In My Heart explores emotions-happiness, sadness, bravery, anger, shyness and more. This is when my heart is sad.“) And the art enhances the words by showing even further what the emotion looks like. There’s a dark cloud over my head, and tears fall like rain. “ Sometimes my heart feels as heavy as an elephant. The words are lovely, describing how different emotions feel in lyrical and accessible language (e.g. For kids, who have less experience of the world and a harder time understanding and articulating emotion, it’s wonderful to have a book like this that describes and shows the feel and the look of different basic emotions. Why I Like This Book: Emotions can be tricky even for adults. Links To Resources: make a collage of different colored hearts to represent your emotions/how you feel draw a picture of what happy, sad, angry, brave, hopeful, shy, or any other emotion looks like to you write a haiku or poem about being happy, sad, angry, brave, hopeful, shy, or any other emotion make heart cookies (recipe HERE) and color the icing so you have a rainbow of emotions! text copyright Jo Witek 2014, illustration copyright Christine Roussey 2014, Abrams Appleseed How does your heart feel? text copyright Jo Witek 2014, illustration copyright Christine Roussey 2014, Abrams Appleseed

hearts can feel so many things! Some make us feel as light as a balloon, others as heavy as an elephant. My heart is like a house, with all these feelings living inside.“īrief Synopsis: Happiness, sadness, bravery, anger, shyness. Suitable For Ages: 2-4 (but I think up to 6 would like!)

Publisher: Abrams Appleseed, October 2014, informational fiction With Valentines Day on the horizon (and the Valentiny Contest fast approaching!) I thought today was a good day for this lovely book about feelings! Happy Perfect Picture Book Friday, Everyone!

In My Heart by Jo Witek