emotions

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emotions

May I help you?

kids talk about caring
2005
Tina Truly, advice columnist to the stars sends advice to kids about caring for others including parents who are divorced, grumpy people, and younger brothers and sisters.

Mrs. Biddlebox

2002
With baking magic, Mrs. Biddlebox uses fog, dirt, sky, and other ingredients of a rotten day to transform it into a sweet cake.

Sometimes I like to cry

1978
A child recalls different occasions when he has cried, concluding that there are many appropriate times for tears.

Sketch monsters

2012
Tony, the new kid, tries to make himself into anybody other than the new kid and then tries to bully the other kids into liking him when his plan fails. When all of his monster sketches escape his sketchbook and begin terrorizing the school, however, Tony needs Mandy and her sketch monster Happster's help to recapture them, and Tony learns something about himself in the process.

Sketch monsters

2011
Eight-year-old Mandy only expresses her feelings as monsters drawn in her sketchbook, but when the monsters escape from the book, Mandy is only able to recapture them after one of the monsters, Happster, gets her to express her feelings.

The boy from the sun

2006
A boy with a bright, yellow head falls from the sky and shows three, sad children how to have fun.

Double-dip feelings

stories to help children understand emotions
1993
Discusses how natural it is to feel contradictory emotions. Presents situations, such as the first day of school, the birth of a sibling, or a move to a new house, and identifies two emotions each event is likely to elicit.

School play

The class is putting on a play about George Washington Carver, and Missy is mad because she does not have an important part, but when the lead actor freezes, Missy saves the play.

Grump groan growl

2008
Rhythmic text exposes a bad mood on the prowl, and advises the reader not to hide, but to let those feelings be.

Cherry and Olive

2007
A very shy girl who longs for a friend falls in love with a lost puppy at the shelter where her father works.

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