All about Feelings

Felicity Brooks and illustrator Mar Ferrero cover a lot of emotional ground in 32 pages — naming feelings, understanding why they shift, managing worries, expressing emotions safely, and extending kindness to others — all in language calibrated precisely for young children. The color-coded imagery and built-in discussion prompts make it easy for adults to use as a conversation starter rather than just a read-aloud. It was chosen for the Empathy Lab's Read for Empathy Book Collection, and that endorsement reflects what makes it work: the empathy angle is genuine, not grafted on. The honest caveat is that the SEL picture book shelf is crowded, and this covers familiar ground. But it covers it well, and the practical strategies children can actually use set it a notch above many competitors.