Everybody feels...happy! - Moira Butterfield

Have you ever been really excited about a holiday? Have you ever made someone else happy? How did you feel? Was your smile really wide? Read about Ethan and Sophie, and what they did when they felt happy.

Each book focuses on a different emotion, lookingat why children may feel a certain way and howthey can deal with their feelings.

Every title features two stories, each told froma child's point of view, which involve common scenarios or situations. For example, the main characters interact with each other through the series, sharing experiences that readers can easily relate too.

These sensitive stories reassure young readers andprovide them with a vocabulary which helps themto express and understand their feelings as theygrow up and encounter different situations. 'Storywords' in each book explain words simply andgently.

Beautiful, fun illustrations from an award winning illustrator, plus supporting textfor parents and teachers ensure children get themost from the books.

MOIRA BUTTERFIELD has written numerous children'sbooks, including award-winning work for under-5s,highly commended historical, science and naturalhistory non-fiction. Moira lives in Bath.

These books are great for class and nursery settings to
encourage children to think about their feelings and to encourage them to discuss
things that have made them felt sad or angry, helping them to understand their own
feelings and learn how to describe that feeling with a friend or adult carer. Older KS1
children could follow this up with short poems about sadness or anger (following the
pattern of a poem in the book) and also use each story for simple story sequencing,
or to act out the story

Sensitively told, and beautifully illustrated by rising star,
Holly Sterling, this series is ideal for use in early years settings as well as families
where there are young children.

It's often hard to explain to the children about howemotions can suddenly take over. These books are a lovely way to talk about theirfeelings and emotions and he has been keen to read the angry one a couple of timesthis week. The illustrations are great and do a fab job of conveying the emotions.

Written with great empathy, children will really appreciatethe approach, which will help them to understand and hence to cope with theiremotions... The series is really well thought out, with appropriate stories plus plentyof additional material to help teachers and parents he words they need to expresstheir feelings.