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With 1.3 million copies in print, The Way I Feel is available in a sturdy board book perfect for toddlers and a larger format hardback appropriate for older children, libraries and gifts.

This delightful introduction to emotions has been praised by parents and professionals alike for its nonjudgmental descriptions of feelings. It includes a wide variety of emotions, including many not usually attributed to children. And is there anyone who doesn't love author/illustrator Janan Cain's whimsical characters? Clad in zany getups, they bounce off the pages of The Way I Feel in excitement, swing into the sunshine with joy and erupt with anger.

Inspired when Mrs. Cain couldn't find a picturebook about feelings for her own young daughters, The Way I Feel is designed to help children identify, understand and express their emotions. Every element of each page—text, illustration, color and type face—contributes to the mood being conveyed. The superbly crafted verses are sensitive and free of bias and slang. Both boys and girls can identify with the characters.

One of several books on emotional literacy published by Parenting Press, The Way I Feel presents emotions as a normal part of life. The characters talk about their feelings without blaming anyone for causing feelings such as anger or boredom. Nor do the characters expect expect other children or adults to help them feel different.

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