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Ten Stories to Explore Feelings

A.H. Benjamin · 2021
95/100
👍 Worth It

This 320-page anthology from Tiger Tales bundles ten short picture books into one affordable lap-reading volume, each tackling a different emotion — worry, anger, jealousy, the temptation to hoard — through animal and monster characters kids recognize immediately. The real strength is variety: ten illustrators and ten story teams mean no two spreads look alike, and the social-emotional focus gives caregivers a natural opening for conversation after each tale. The honest caveat is that multi-author anthologies are uneven by nature, and since this specific compilation lacks an independent critical review trail, you're largely trusting the reputation of the individual Tiger Tales SEL titles it draws from. For families wanting a single bedtime-shelf purchase that covers a semester's worth of feelings conversations, it earns its keep.

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