These stories give strong feelings a shape children can recognize. Some name emotions directly; others show what it can look like to pause, listen, or ask for help.
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The Color Monster’s feelings are all mixed up, so each one gets a color and a description and is sorted into its own place. With words for what it feels, the monster reaches a calmer state.
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The boy reacts strongly to noise, disappointment, happiness and other people’s feelings, and he tries to keep his own inside. When he meets a girl with equally big feelings, he sees that he can say what he feels.
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When Taylor’s block tower falls, animals arrive one by one suggesting talking, shouting, fixing or hiding. The rabbit just sits close and listens, and Taylor starts to talk through feelings and decide what to do.
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Worrysaurus packs for a picnic on a clear day, but questions about supplies and a lizard’s warning about rain set off his worry. He remembers his mother’s reassuring words, looks through his happy things and goes back to enjoying the day.
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