FICTION

Feelings Come, Feelings Go

by Jillian Roberts
Orca. Aug. 2025. 20p. Board $10.95. ISBN 9781459841352. Baby-PreS
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Baby-PreS–In classroom or at home, this board book resembles bound flash cards to help children, pre-verbal and pre-literate, articulate their feelings. Eleven full-color photographs of toddlers with all the feels written across their faces appear next to reassuring text: “Little one, you have big feelings./ Some are easier than others. But all of them matter.” A small girl with light tan skin appears sweaty from her play on the swing, and she’s beaming. A Black child in Mama’s arms is joyful. Two children with light skin tussle over sharing, and appear angry. The interpretations of the text aren’t important. Children will point to the faces that resonate for them, and caretakers will have a Rosetta stone to decode all the emotions going on in those small bodies.
VERDICT The pictures pull in viewers, while the text offers a direction for discussions; this could be useful for group sharing or one on one.
Reviewed by Kimberly Olson Fakih , Oct 01, 2025

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