Tag Archives: feelings

Shy Spaghetti and Excited Eggs

Posted on September 12, 2013 by AnEducationInBooks

It’s got a cool title and cute illustrations, yet Shy Spaghetti and Excited Eggs: A Kid’s Menu of Feelings is a nonfiction picture book. It clearly identifies feelings such as shy and worried in terms kids can understand. “Annoyed is being mini-mad,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Books with social studies links, Canadian author/illustrator, Nonfiction, Picture books | Tagged children's books, emotional intelligence, feelings, nonfiction, picture book, social issues, vocabulary | Leave a comment

When No One Is Watching

Posted on March 20, 2013 by AnEducationInBooks

Contrary to popular portrayal, not all interesting girls are sassy and loud. Eileen Spinelli’s character wrestles gorillas, tickles white sharks and dunks with a whoop, but only when no one is watching. There’s no need to feel sorry for this … Continue reading →

Posted in Books with social studies links, Character-driven, Picture books, Rhyme | Tagged feelings, friendship, introversion, picture book, shy | 1 Comment

Almost Forever

Posted on March 18, 2013 by AnEducationInBooks

When a father goes to Vietnam, the rest of the family has to keep living a life that seems so much the same and yet so different from what it used to be. Told in spare verse from the six-year-old daughter’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter Books, historical, Poetry | Tagged family, feelings, history, poetry, Vietnam | Leave a comment

A Kiss Means I Love You

Posted on September 17, 2012 by AnEducationInBooks

Beautifully clear photos illustrate feelings all kids experience. Written in simple, evocative rhyme by Kathryn Madeline Allen, A Kiss Means I Love You shows nonverbal communication via real children living in Chicago. Eric Futran‘s photography captures every nuance of expression making … Continue reading →

Posted in Books with social studies links, Michigan author/illustrator, Picture books, Rhyme | Tagged books for the very young, children's books, feelings, photography, picture book | Leave a comment

Little Dog, Lost

Posted on June 18, 2012 by AnEducationInBooks

It’s not only Buddy, the little dog, who is lost and longing for a friend, but there’s a boy, Mark, and an old, lonely man, Larue, who are longing for companionship too. Little Dog, Lost entwines three stories in a poetic, … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter Books, Poetry | Tagged children's books, dogs, feelings, friendship, poetry, small town | Leave a comment

Waiting for the Magic

Posted on March 29, 2012 by AnEducationInBooks

Okay, here’s a book recommended to me by my nine-year-old. I admit, I didn’t expect to like it. The cover didn’t draw me in, but the first paragraph, and then the first chapter and then the next chapter filled me … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter Books, Character-driven, Love that prose, Power of pets | Tagged cat, dogs, family, feelings, high interest, magical realism | 5 Comments

All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome

Posted on February 6, 2012 by AnEducationInBooks

Kathy Hoopman has created a touching book with adorable photographs of cats and text that relates to Asperger Syndrome. This book illuminates similarities between the two: “He likes to be near those he loves, but doesn’t want them to hold him, preferring … Continue reading →

Posted in Nonfiction | Tagged asperger syndrome, cats, feelings, high interest, nonfiction, picture book | Leave a comment

Pearl Verses the World

Posted on November 7, 2011 by AnEducationInBooks

Miss Bruff wants us to write poems. I am. Miss Bruff wants poems that rhyme. Mine don’t. Rhyme is okay sometimes, but my poems don’t rhyme and neither do I. At school, Pearl is in a group of one and … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's novels, Poetry, social issues | Tagged children's books, feelings, friendship, grief, novel-in-verse, poetry, school story, serious book | 1 Comment

I Want My Hat Back

Posted on November 4, 2011 by AnEducationInBooks

Jon Klassen tells the entire story of a missing hat in dialogue. Reminiscent of the classic Are You My Mother?, the bear asks everyone in the animal kingdom “Have you seen my hat?” Yet this bear doesn’t recognize his hat even when … Continue reading →