![]() ![]() Most of the images focus on the emotion so kids can get a clear example of how it could look. Mad can be explosive, but it can also be seething, and it's important for kids to see what that might look like. I wanted to show real kids of various ages, genders, races, and scenarios expressing the spectrum of that emotion. My biggest complaint about 'emotion' books is that they only show one example, often with an illustration – "the bunny is angry". Here is everything that went into the book and why I think Little Faces Big Feelings: What Emotions Look Like is pretty special. It took me months of research and handwringing to create this sweet, seemingly simple book, but I'm so proud of how it turned out. I felt very smug about my contribution to the literary world until she asked me to write it. I told Brittany, "It would be great if you could publish a book about emotions but with each emotion showing a variety of faces and situations to kids could understand the context better." She thought that was a great idea. I tried to find a more kid-friendly version but with no luck. It was very large, showed adults instead of kids, and everything was shot in a studio, so the photos had no context. (I think it was used primarily as a tool for therapists working with kids on the autism spectrum.) On a white background, each page showed an adult in various stages of mad, happy, sad, etc. ![]() My kids LOVED a reference book we got out of the library that had a variety of adults with various facial expressions. She asked me if there were any books I thought were missing from the publishing world and the one that came to mind was a book about emotions. (It was right after they won the American Library Association medal for their We Are Little Feminists: Families –the first board book to win the award.) I published a book called Little Faces Big Feelings: What Emotions Look Like with Little Feminist Book Club, and it's here!Ībout a year ago, I was chatting with my friend Brittany who owns Little Feminist Book Club. ![]()
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