Feelings

FEELINGS is a read-aloud rhyming book that deals with children's emotions. Children are often confused and sometimes overwhelmed by the feelings they experience. FEELINGS focuses on commonly felt emotions and examines them in friendly verse and expressive illustrations. Supplemental pages provide opportunities to focus on rhyming words and their impact on reading readiness, strategies to engage children in discussions regarding their feelings, and suggestions for how to stretch vocabulary through the introduction of new words.

FEELINGS is a read-aloud rhyming book that deals with children's emotions. Children are often confused and sometimes overwhelmed by the feelings they experience. FEELINGS focuses on commonly felt emotions and examines them in friendly verse and expressive illustrations. Supplemental pages provide opportunities to focus on rhyming words and their impact on reading readiness, strategies to engage children in discussions regarding their feelings, and suggestions for how to stretch vocabulary through the introduction of new words.

Susan Falkenhan is an educator, an author, a mother of three, and grandmother of six. She has had an extensive career in education as a teacher, a placement coordinator, an educational consultant, and a federal program specialist. From the time her children were very young, Susan concocted stories and poems that entertained and captivated them. Her love of story-telling continues with her grandchildren who delight in the imagery and silly rhymes she creates. Susan lives in Fulton, Maryland near her family and spends her summers on the island of Vinalhaven, Maine. FEELINGS is the second book in her rhyming series. You might also like her first book Wishy-Washy Weather. Watch for more to come.