An Emotional Menagerie: Feelings from A to Z
Emotions are like animals:
No two are quite the same. Some are quiet; some are fierce; And all are hard to tame.Children experience all sorts of emotions: sometimes going through several very different ones before breakfast. Yet they can struggle to put these feelings into words. An inability to understand and communicate their moods can lead to bad behavior, deep frustration, and a whole host of difficulties further down the line. Like adults, they need help to recognize and verbalize their inner state. The greater their emotional vocabulary, the more likely they are to grow into happy, healthy, and fulfilled adults.
An Emotional Menagerie is an emotional glossary for children. A book of 26 rhyming poems, arranged alphabetically, that bring our feelings to life--Anger, Boredom, Curiosity, Dreaminess, Embarrassment, Fear, Guilt, and more. The poems transform each emotion into a different animal to provide a clear and engaging illustration of its character: how it arises; how it makes us behave and how we can learn to manage its effects. Boasting a rich vocabulary, the poems also give children a wide variety of options for describing their feelings to others.
Filled with wise, therapeutic advice, brought to life through musical language and beautiful illustrations, An Emotional Menagerie is an imaginative and universally appealing way of increasing emotional literacy.
- AN EMOTIONAL GLOSSARY FOR CHILDREN with 26 rhyming poems, arranged alphabetically.
- ILLUSTRATED BY RACHEL SAUNDERS whimsical and humorous full color illustrations throughout.
- TEACHES CHILDREN EMOTIONAL LITERACY through imaginative poems connecting different animals to common emotions.
- IMPROVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS by helping children articulate their feelings.
- FOR AGES 5 AND UP
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"At a time of huge uncertainty, this is an engaging way to get young children to talk about their emotions." - The Independent
Readers are saying:
"I bought this lovely picture book for my kid. We wanted to improve and enrich his vocabulary on emotions and this is a perfect one."
"An Emotional Menagerie is a thoughtful and engaging collection of images and poems to help young readers understand and handle their own emotions, through a clever concept, gentle verse, and imaginative illustrations."
"Let's start off with this title. It deserves a round of applause! Full of 26 emotions, one for each letter of the alphabet, this book is written to expand vocabularies and grow emotional literacy. Each emotion has an accompanying poem and animal illustration that children will be able to tie together to make a full picture of how to temper or embrace each emotion."
"These are poems about the different emotions. From a parent/teacher standpoint, I liked that they tell the emotion, give a small physical description of what the emotion might feel like, and then give you an idea of how to pass through the emotion. I could see a teacher focusing on 2-3 poems a day and using them to make text to self-connections with students. This would be an excellent book for that!"
