Author: Jo Witek

In My Heart: A Book of Feelings is a beautiful picture book that helps children explore and understand the many emotions they experience each day. Through colourful illustrations and simple, engaging language, Jo Witek takes young readers on a journey through feelings such as happiness, sadness, bravery, anger, fear, shyness, and more. Rather than simply naming emotions, the book describes what they can feel like inside our bodies, helping children build emotional awareness and vocabulary.

One of our favourite features is the interactive die-cut heart that runs throughout the book, making it a fun and memorable read for little hands. The whimsical illustrations and relatable examples encourage meaningful conversations about emotions and remind children that all feelings are normal and important.

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By Anna Llenas

The Colour Monster is a delightful and engaging picture book that helps children understand and talk about their emotions in a simple, visual way. Through bright colours and charming illustrations, children learn how different feelings can sometimes become tangled together and how identifying them can help make sense of what is happening inside.

Each emotion is represented by a different colour, making it easy for young children to recognise and discuss feelings such as happiness, sadness, anger, fear, and calmness. The story encourages emotional awareness, self-reflection, and meaningful conversations between children and adults.

This book has been a wonderful resource in our homeschool for discussing emotions, empathy, and self-regulation. It naturally opens the door to conversations about feelings and reminds children that every emotion is important and has a place.

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Tom Percival

Ruby’s Worry is a thoughtful and reassuring story about a young girl named Ruby who discovers a worry that follows her wherever she goes. At first, the worry is small, but as Ruby keeps it to herself, it grows bigger and bigger until it begins to affect the things she loves doing.

Through gentle storytelling and beautiful illustrations, this book helps children understand that worries are a normal part of life and that talking about them can make a huge difference. It encourages children to share their feelings, ask for help when they need it, and realise that they are not alone in their worries.

This is a wonderful book for opening conversations about anxiety, emotions, mental wellbeing, and the importance of communication. It provides a comforting message that worries become easier to manage when we talk about them with someone we trust.

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Gabi Garcia

Listening to My Body is a gentle and empowering book that teaches children how to recognise the signals their bodies give them every day. Through relatable examples and simple explanations, children learn to notice physical sensations connected to emotions, stress, excitement, hunger, tiredness, and more.

The book encourages mindfulness and self-awareness by helping children understand the connection between their bodies, feelings, and thoughts. It provides practical tools for identifying emotions, calming strong feelings, and learning how to respond to their body’s needs in a healthy way.

This has been a valuable resource in our homeschool for supporting emotional intelligence, self-regulation, and wellbeing. It helps children develop the confidence to understand what they are feeling and gives them the language to communicate those feelings with others.

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