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📚 top 20 books that teach emotions
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items 👧👦 Build emotional literacy with these engaging and supportive books that are perfect for read-alouds, calming routines, or building emotional vocabulary. From playful stories to practical flipbooks, each title is chosen to help children recognize,...
This book introduces emotions like anger, worry, and excitement in simple ways that kids can understand. It includes interactive prompts to help children reflect on their own feelings and practice calming strategies. Great for parents and therapists ...
Sharon Selby: The Big Feelings Book for Children, (Paperback)
This picture book teaches kids to identify emotions using silly characters and everyday scenarios. It’s a great tool to start conversations about feelings like guilt, surprise, or sadness. Perfect for check-ins, visual learning, or when children need...
Name These Feelings : A Fun & Creative Picture Book to Guide Children Identify & Understand Emotions & Feelings Anger, Happy, Guilt, Sad, Confusion, ... Excitement Surprise, and many more Emotions! (Hardcover)
A part of the Ninja Life Hacks series, this story teaches kids how to recognize, accept, and talk about their emotions. This book has some really fun illustrations and simple language make emotional learning approachable for younger kids. Use it as p...
Ninja Life Hacks: Feelings Ninja: A Social, Emotional Children's Book About Recognizing and Identifying Your Feelings, Sad, Angry, Happy (Hardcover)
This activity book is full of worksheets, drawing prompts, and exercises to help children identify, understand, and cope with their emotions. Great for one-on-one time or sessions with a therapist, especially for children who benefit from hands-on le...
The Feelings Activity Book for Children : 50 Activities to Identify, Understand, and Manage Your Feelings (Paperback)
This board book uses diverse photos of real kids showing different facial expressions. It’s a perfect visual support for teaching emotional recognition and reading social cues. Use it with early learners or as part of circle time discussions.
Everyone Has Feelings: A Book about Emotions for Young Children
Designed to help kids name emotions like boredom, jealousy, or pride. Each feeling is explained with simple sentences and relatable examples. Great for building emotional vocabulary during storytime or while waiting for transitions.
What Are You Feeling? Feelings Books for Children Children's Emotions & Feelings Books (Paperback)
This story follows a boy who feels everything deeply such as joy, fear, sadness, and he learns that big feelings are okay. A gentle and affirming read for children who are highly sensitive or prone to emotional overwhelm. Use it as a social story for...
The Boy with Big, Big Feelings - (The Big, Big) by Britney Winn Lee (Hardcover)
Mina navigates everyday challenges like frustration, jealousy, and disappointment, all through her love of dance. It’s a relatable story for kids learning about emotional ups and downs during activities or social play. Great to read before classes, l...
Mina the ballerina - (Children's Picture Books: Emotions, Feelings, Values and Social Habilities (Teaching Emotional Intel) by Mireia Gombau
Instead of seeing emotions as a problem, this book empowers kids to see feelings as a source of strength. It teaches them that all emotions have a purpose and shows healthy ways to cope. Use it to normalize big feelings and promote resilience.
My Feelings Make Me Stronger - (World of Kids Emotions) by Elizabeth Cole (Paperback)
This set covers common emotions like anger, shyness, and jealousy through relatable short stories. Each book includes prompts and ideas to help children understand their feelings and practice appropriate responses. Ideal for SEL lessons or emotion-of...
Free Spirit Publishing Everyday Feelings, 6-Book Set
This beautifully illustrated book links colours and animals to different moods and feelings. It helps children recognize that emotions can change and that every feeling has a place. A calming read for bedtime or transitions.
Junie B. Jones's Third Boxed Set Ever! (9-12) (Paperback) by Barbara Park
This story is perfect for helping kids understand frustration and model calming strategies. Use it to prepare for outings or review managing emotions in public/community settings.
Llama Llama: Llama Llama Mad at Mama (Hardcover)
A simple, classic book that explains how people feel in different situations. It shows a wide range of emotions using cartoon-style illustrations. A great first book for introducing emotional concepts to early learners!
Reading Rainbow Books Feelings, (Paperback)
Bright and playful illustrations show kids that all feelings, from happy to confused, are okay for children to express. ❤️
The Feelings Book (Paperback)
This Little Golden Book shows that everyone has days when things go wrong, and it’s okay. 🥰 Kids learn that tough feelings don’t last forever, and simple routines (like a snack or cozy chat) can help. Read it with children after a rough morning or u...
Mercer Mayer: Just a Bad Day (Hardcover)
This colourful flipbook helps kids reflect on 20 different emotions using characters in everyday situations. It’s hands-on and perfect for check-ins: pick a feeling, share why, and choose a calm-down strategy. Great for therapy sessions or family cir...
Children's Feelings and Emotions Book, A Fun Flipbook for Emotional Awareness, Feelings and Emotions Book for Kids, Feelings Flipbook for Kids by Learn to Identify 20 Different Emotions (1)
A handy tool for decision-making when big feelings hit, and kids can flip to their mood and find practical coping options. Ideal for children who benefit from visual or step-by-step visual supports. Use it during emotionally charged moments to suppor...
I Know What to Do Emotions Flipbook
This board book introduces Cam the chameleon whose colours change with his feelings in a new way to show kids emotions in action. Each scene invites questions like “When did you feel green?” to support conversation and coping. Great for interactive r...
Rainbow of Emotions - (Clever Emotions) by Elena Ulyeva & Clever Publishing (Board Book)
This board book uses playful eggs to show different feelings in bright and simple scenes. It’s light-hearted but effective in introducing mood vocabulary. Perfect for toddlers during storytime or as a quick check-in during transitions.
Little Egg: An Eggcellent Book of Emotions
This is a follow-up book to the original called Color Monster, and it provides playful and practical tools (like emotion jars and breathing exercises) to help children manage their feelings. It’s interactive and engaging… great for pairing with hands...
Dr. Color Monster and the Emotions Toolkit