The Feelings Book: Touch-And-Feel Emotions - Board Book

by Happy Yak (Author), Miguel Ordonez (Illustrator)

This interactive board book encourages children to explore their feelings though touch-and-feel monster characters.

Playful, friendly monsters prompt the reader to empathise with them as the child guesses the monsters' feelings based on their facial expression or body language. Simple text encourages the reader to interact with the touch-and-feel patches, exploring how the tactile makes them feel.

The Feelings Book includes:

• Five key feelings to explore though lovable monster characters in entertaining scenes.
• A tab with emoji-style faces accompanied by simple feeling words--visible from every page, which encourages discussion.
• Vibrant, bold, and funny illustrations from Miguel Ordenez will keep little ones entertained and engaged.
• A multi-sensory experience with a variety of touch-and-feel materials to stroke and examine!
• Simple, accessible vocabulary, which covers feelings both big and small.

The Feelings Book helps children to think and talk about what the characters in the book are feeling, and also what they feel in response to tactiles and questions. Providing perfect, simple tools to help children explore their feelings, particularly if they find this difficult.

Author Biography

Happy Yak is a loveable imprint for 0-7-year-olds, perfect for small children with big personalities. Offering pre-school, picture books and illustrated non-fiction, our purpose is to publish playful books that make you smile. All of our books are bright and accessible, with eye-catching design, contemporary illustration and engaging, entertaining text.

Miguel Ordonez studied illustration in Madrid and graphic design at Central St Martins in London. He illustrated Jimmy Fallon's picture book Your Baby's First Word Will Be Dada, which was honoured by the Society of Illustrators in the US. He lives in Madrid with his wife Lucia and their two daughters.