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A cute book that teaches children about feelings and emotions! Each emotion gets its own color (kind of like Inside Out) and the illustrations are very cute!

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My daughter loves the Sunny Bunnies shorts in Disney. I decided to try reading this with her. She liked this book just as much as the show, if not more.

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*thank you to Chouette Publishing, CrackBoom! Books, Carine Laforest and Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*


4 stars.


I requested this book for 2 reasons. 1, the colours really attracted me and 2, because my niece who is almost 6 is being taught in school to express emotions and to talk about them. Particularly the ones such as sadness, fear and anger. The ones we tend to bottle up and learn to do so at a very young age.

So I wanted to take a look at this book and see if it is something that I would buy for my niece to help her. Turned out, I most definitely would. If she was struggling to name an emotion she was feeling, I would gladly pass this book to her and ask her to point out one of them.

Speaking about emotions is a very important tool that children these days need to learn how to do in a positive way and in a safe environment. This book helps explain what each of the main emotions are. You can see by the cover which are included.

A positive about this book is that each emotion is also colour coded (and by that I just mean that each emotion is given a colour.) Which I think is great too. It's bright and colourful and the illustrations are adorable.

Overall it's a fun book and each page asks you a question about when do you feel that particular emotion or what causes you to feel that emotion. Which is great. It gets kids thinking and connecting to the book a bit more.

One thing that isn't really a negative and I'm not sure if it was done on purpose or not, but with 'Fear' it says, '.....but it also helps to protect you.' Now, maybe it's just me but I'm pretty sure the majority of children are going to wonder what that means. The page doesn't tell you. So maybe it's meant to be left like that so kids will ask the adults? I'm not sure, but I think explaining why it helps to protect you or giving an example, is needed.

But again, overall this is a great book and I would highly recommend it for all children who are just learning about emotions. I know me personally, I've struggled my whole life to express how I feel and to put a name to that feeling, so I extremely would have benefited from this book as a small child.

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I read this with my 6-year-old neurodivergent daughter.
Feelings and emotion topic books are generally a solid hit with her.
She is familiar with the TV show too, which peaked her interest to read the book, immediately.

It’s a very bright and colourful book, which should engage typical children ages 3+.
I’m unsure if my youngest (approaching 3) will keep her interest with the amount of text per page, so perhaps age 4 - and fans of show, are the ideal audience.

Personally, I’m not really keen on digital animation in children’s books. It loses a personal touch, which is so important in children’s literature. (it’s basically a screen, in print form - which may appeal to screen addicts but is a little tragic in my opinion.)
I feel if an illustrator had worked on the imagery, it would suit the theme and be more engaging to younger readers.

Going back to my daughters enjoyment; she stayed focus on every page and took in all information. She really enjoyed the interactive questions at the end of each topic / page.
Her highlight was certainly the extreme tears from sadness, where she felt more humour than empathy!

I’d probably rate this 3* due to the lack of personal illustration, however, my daughter gave it 5*, so we’ll meet in the middle with 4*

Thank you for the ARC, I’m sure we’ll pick it up again in the library once it’s released.

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I like how this book asks a question with each feeling to get kids talking. I think the examples are helpful as well.

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This is a great book to help teach young children about their emotions. My son enjoyed the colorful and engaging pictures. The text is fun and easy to understand. The exercises at the end of the book were great and I look forward to using them with my soon.

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I think this book is a great resource for teaching kids about their feelings and how the different emotions can present but I don't like how the different emotions are kind of labeled as good or bad emotions negative or positive because emotions are not negative or positive they just are its how you react to those emotions that is negative or positive.

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So many moods. Tiny people have big feelings in little bodies. Teaching them to recognize, name and manage those feelings are core to foundational SEL skills that need to be developed to create emotionally intelligent children. This names and reviews many types of moods and why they may experience them. With cute cartoon bunnies as the main characters, children also learn to recognize facial expressions for social awareness. A great book for homes, classrooms and counselling offices.

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This lovely picture book is the perfect way to teach your children about their feelings.
Each feeling is colour coded, for example, sadness is blue, and is explained through great examples by the Sunny Bunnies.
Great features of this book are the example exercises at the end, helping children overcome negative feelings such as anger and sadness.
I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars and recommend it to children aged 2 to 4, who love to explore and understand their feelings. I also recommend it to all parents who want to help their little ones to do so.

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Thank you to NetGalley, and the Publisher for the eARC! My Book of Feelings reminded me of the movie Inside Out with the color coding of feelings and focusing on each feeling throughout the book. The playful pictures are perfect for preschoolers. I also like how the author provides questions for the reader to ask the child so the child can make the connection to the feeling. A great read when working on feelings!

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This was an extremely cute book. The emotions were clearly described with fun and examples. I especially loved the emotion focused exercises.

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So colourful, full of brilliant and bright colours portraying moods, emotions.

The illustrations are so good.

It’s a great little book for a parent to get out and read with their child. I would particularly have loved this when my daughter was young, she had unequivocally distressing moods at times. They would swing from happy to sad to angry and frustrated and I think the little book will help a child understand different emotions and a parent or adult to teach them how to control their anger, or how to embrace their happiness, joy and worry.

One flaw for me was, some wording, some seemed a bit more grown up reasoning that a child might misinterpret.

I loved it on the whole though.
Definitely recommend.


I will publish my review on Goodreads, Amazon, Waterstones as soon as it’s published.

Thank you publishers for my copy.

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This was such a great book! It is so vibrant and FUN. My three year old loves it so much. Every page talks about a different emotion, explaining what that emotion is and how it feels. It then asks "When so you feel ____" which is a great open ended questions for kids to think about! I am all about embracing your feelings no matter what they are so I loved the message of this book. It was short and but packed a bug punch! I loved the page of 4 different exercises at the end of the book as well. The exercises are designed to help move though your emotions. Overall, a wonderful book that I wound purchase and recommend to others!

𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 Chouette Publishing / Crack Boom Booms for a digital copy of this book! This book is due for publication 6/23/23 and it's Mommy (@𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐦𝐨𝐦) and Ronan (@𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐤𝐢𝐝) approved!

𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏 & to 𝑨𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒚!

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The perfect book for little ones.
The child knows feelings.
He finds out what happens, for example, when we are happy and sad.
There are exercises at the end.
After knowing each feeling, we ask the child questions.
A great book that entertains and teaches.
22 pages of wonder.
Beautiful illustrations add to this.

I wholeheartedly recommend it.

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What a great way for kids to learn about showing emotions and how to deal with those emotions. Colorful illustrations will keep any child’s interest.

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Oh, this is a fun read with sweet illustrations that remind me of one of those Pixar animated films; it is appropriate for children to get to know various mood characters and learn how to manage their emotions.

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This book offers a coloured schematic to identify different feelings and emotions. Moods such as joy, sadness, fear, calmness, love, anger and surprise are included. Kids experience a myriad of emotions day-to-day so it's important to name, identify and talk about them to make them aware of their mood changes.

As kids learn about their feelings they will learn how to manage them, a critical skill that lays the foundation for emotional intelligence and resilience.

The Sunny Bunnies are adorable expressive little characters that kids can identify with. Four exercises are included to help kids move through their emotions. I love the book and highly recommend it.

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Considering that the target audience for this book is kindergartners, I'd say the book does a pretty good job of laying out in a very clear and concise manner what some of the primary human emotions are. Nothing too complex - just the way it needs to be. The examples given to explain these feelings are also very simple ones, easy for young children to understand.

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Sunny Bunnies: My Book of Feelings
by Carine Laforest, illustrations by Animation Cafe
a great resource for the elementary school. Introductory book for kindergartens, showing emotions and how you can sooth hurt, calm your feelings, and feel brave.

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Sunny Bunnies: My Book of Feelings offers engaging illustrations. The color schematic throughout the book is attractive for Children. I wonder, as other reviewers have pointed out, if the writing could include more rhyming or attention grabbing explanations of the individual feelings. Very young children may be unlikely to keep attention with current writing style.

Overall, I think this is an excellent option for Parents or Caregivers looking to help Pre-k to early Elementary aged children learn about emotions. It’s a great option to provide these Adults with fun exercises to try 1:1.

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