Many thanks to the author of this book, Jolie Taylor, for sharing this beautiful creation with me.
This is a sweet book with rhyming verses relating to both a fantasy and realistic world. As the title says, it is not at all "BORING". The readers are led into an exciting and fascinating journey of understanding and going deep into human emotions and feelings, with the help of 40 poems.
Title: The Totally Not Boring Book of Feelings
Author: Jolie Taylor
Illustrator: Brandon Dorman
Publisher: Shadow Mountain
An amazing concept materializes through this book. I'm impressed how each feeling was very creatively explained. Any feeling - you name it - is in here. Be it an anxious kid who doesn't know why he feels what he feels, or be it fear of something which is pestering your mind. There are multiple poems addressing these emotions.
There are positive and negative emotions that are being addressed in this book, like, courage, confidence, as well as indecisive, angry. Some of the poems really are very touching! The detailed illustrations helped a lot in boosting the reading interest.
In my opinion, I felt as an added bonus, there could be a variety of resolutions shown for each feeling. And also, I felt the emotions addressed could be clearly labeled in probably the same place in every page. I feel this would accentuate the reader-friendliness of the book.
📚 Cheerful and happy poems (short tales in verse format). Graphical representations.
📚 Helps readers read and understand human emotions since the presentation is in a lighthearted way.
📚 It would be a perfect read for kids ages 7+
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Palindrome - yes, you will find them through the entire story. The title of the story is itself a palindrome! Wow! Such a poignant and emotional tale!