In My Heart: A Book of Feelings (Growing Hearts)

Bought this to help talk about emotions with my 3 year old and it is wonderful. After the first read my daughter mentioned an emotion (anger about talked about the situation) that she had previously not been able to verbalise and I honestly believe that sitting together reading this book enable us to open her feelings up. This book had been sat on my to buy list for quite while and I only bought it when I knew my daughter needed to communicate something (as she was acting out a little) but wasn’t finding the words and it really has helped to her. It’s going to be a daily read over the next few weeks to help normalise emotions and to label her feelings in different situations. I personally think this is a must buy children’s book and will definitely be buying it again for presents.

This book has been wonderful for my 25 month old son. It has helped him verbalise his feelings and we can now ask him 'how his heart feels' and he will say 'worried' or 'happy' etc. It has given him the tools to express himself. He has no trouble whatsoever empathising or understanding the character who is a girl (or indeed stories about mice, foxes, fish, bears...). I would have no hesitation in recommending this book to parents of girls and boys equally. The design is clever and it's enjoyable to read to him.

Bought for my 4 year old daughter, I read it to her and her 6 year old sister and they both found it relatable and easy to understand. The illustrations are simple and sweet and the cut out hearts give it a special look! It's a simple and relatively short story but written well.

Brilliant book and in excellent condition too.

Found it funny, imaginative, engaging and colourful

Is a very lovely book and written in a simple way for kids to understand. I bought it used and the condtiond were great so judo to the seller as well.

One of our favourite books! Just lovely!

The Mental Health Book Club Podcast loved this book, both Becky and Sydney gave it 5*. This book is a fantastic read and is a must for schools, children’s libraries as well as children’s bookshelves. The books heart concept is perfectly represented by the cut-out heart which decreases in size as the book moves on. It is fun, beautiful and a great teaching tool. The book explains emotions in a simple and yet profound way. Children are able to understand the variety of emotions we feel and understand how you might feel them physically. The book can be read alone by advanced readers, but more usefully it can be read with an adult to help start a conversation around emotions and their validity.

É um ótimo livro em inglês que fala sobre sentimentos, como professora de idioma, utilizei como recurso para aquisição de vocabulário e acho que valeu a pena! Como é uma história relativamente maior, sugiro para crianças mais velhas, de 8 anos em diante.

very nice, appropriate for young and older children, beautifully informative

The book is beautifully. Different feelings are explained very well.

This is a great book, that helps children understand different feelings that can be found in one's heart.It is also great for discussions with young learners and helps them to understand that there are many feelings.

Mi bebé de dos años y medio amó este cuento. Padrísimo para explicar emociones.