Sometimes You Just Feel Sad

It's ironic - or maybe appropriate - that I chose "feelings" as our theme, as mine have been all over the place this week. As my first Fathers Day without my dad approaches, the grief I thought had started to slumber woke up with a vengence. It's been a rough week, and so I fully appreciate this clever little book that reminds us: "Sometimes you just feel sad."

So Happy/So Sad by Julie Paschkis 

One cover of this book is titled So Sad while the other is So Happy. You read to the center of the book, close it, flip it, and read the other side. The pages have simple text describing the colorful animals and their respective emotions: the porcupine is pouting, the crocodile is crying, the peacock is parading, the goat is giddy, etc. I love that it covers both ends of the spectrum - happy and sad equally - and that it introduces young children to a new variety of descriptive words.

In case you missed it, here is the list of this week's books about feelings:

The Way I Feel 

by Janan Cain

Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons 

by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

My Many Colored Days

by Dr. Suess

 

Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners

by Laurie Keller

 

I'm linking up to:

- http://www.theadventureofmotherhood.com/