Feelings (Aliki book)

Feelings is a children's picture book by Aliki Brandenberg published in 1984. It is also featured in a Reading Rainbow episode in 1986.

Feelings
First edition
AuthorAliki Brandenberg
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's literature, picture book, Emotions
Published1984 (Mulberry Books)
Media typePrint (hardback, paperback)
Pages32 (unpaginated)
ISBN9780688065188
OCLC732819755

About

This picture book is written and illustrated by Aliki Brandenberg.[1] The book depicts children feeling various emotions.[2] Each page has several small pictures, sometimes as many as twenty a page, to describe the emotions visually.[3] Some illustrations are captioned.[1] Two birds comment on the feelings depicted on each page.[2][4]

Reading Rainbow

Feelings was featured on an episode of Reading Rainbow that first aired on June 25, 1986.[5]

Reviews

School Library Journal wrote that the number of illustrations on the page made reading the book confusing.[6] In addition, girls were often chosen to represent negative emotions, such as envy and jealousy, while boys are used to illustrate "brave and courageous."[6] The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books felt that the illustrations were too small and used inconsistently throughout the book.[7] The Santa Cruz Sentinel felt that the book "will delight children because it validates their feelings."[2]

References
  1. Kennedy, Mopsy Strange (1984-11-25). "Children's Books". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  2. "Books: Managing Stress". Santa Cruz Sentinel. 1985-02-08. p. 26. Retrieved 2017-09-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Picture Books". The Observer. 1985-04-07. p. 21. Retrieved 2017-09-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Books: Managing Stress". Santa Cruz Sentinel. 1985-02-08. p. 27. Retrieved 2017-09-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Reading Rainbow". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  6. Rogoff, Diane S. (February 1985). "Feelings (Book)". School Library Journal. 31 (6): 60 – via EBSCOhost.
  7. "Feelings (Book Review)". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 38: 59. December 1984 – via EBSCOhost.
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