Books which are about feelings and emotions are frequently requested by Curriculum Collection patrons. This page is intended to make searching for these books easier. One way to find books about emotions is to look below this explanation, where a selection of them have been collected. Clicking on a book title will lead to the catalog entry for that book, where a summary and list of topics covered within it can be found.
The two topics of feelings and emotions can also be searched as keywords from the Curriculum Collection web page; either term will bring up a list with a wide variety of materials. If you are looking for a specific emotion, searching directly by the term as a keyword may be most effective, e.g.:
Anger
Fear
Shyness
Happiness
Sadness
etc.
Picture & Board Books
Patricelli, Leslie. Baby Happy, Baby Sad. (BOARD) P3141ba
Willems, Mo. The Pigeon has Feelings Too!: A Smidgeon of Pigeon. (BOARD) W699ph
Bang, Molly. When Sophie Gets Angry—Really, Really Angry. (PICT) B216w
Dewdney, Anna. Llama Llama Mad at Mama. (PICT) D5159m
Emberly Ed (Illustrated by Anne Miranda). Glad Monster, Sad Monster: A Book About Feelings. (PICT) E5257gl / (PICT) E5257gl 2008
Fatio, Louise. The Happy Lion’s Quest. (PICT) F253hq
Frame, Jeron Ashford. Yesterday I Had the Blues. (PICT) F813y / (PICT) F813y 2008
Freymann, Saxton & Elffers, Joost. How Are You Peeling?: Foods with Moods. (PICT) F894h
Seuss, Dr. My Many Colored Days. (PICT) G313my
Harris, Robie. The Day Leo Said, “I Hate You!” (PICT) H315d
Hooks, Bell. Grump, Groan, Growl. (PICT) H785g 2008
Juster, Norton. Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie. (PICT) J96s
Maclear, Kyo. Virginia Wolf. (PICT) M1634v 2012
OHora, Zachariah. No Fits, Nilson! (PICT) O38n 2013
Rosen, Michael. Michael Rosen’s Sad Book. (PICT) R8129s
Spinelli, Eileen. The Giggle and Cry Book. (PICT) S757g
Verplancke, Klaas. Applesauce. (PICT) V551a 2012
Watts, Melanie. Scaredy Squirrel. (PICT) W344s 2006
Willems, Mo. My Friend is Sad. (PICT) W699m
Winthrop, Elizabeth. Are You Sad, Mama? (PICT) W791a
Wollf, Mia. Catcher. (PICT) W8552c
Wolff, Robert. Feeling Blue. (PICT) W8554f
Yorinks, Arthur. Happy Bees. (PICT) Y613ha
Fiction
McGhee, Alison. Julia Gillian (and the Quest for Joy). M478jq
Snyder, Carol. Leave Me Alone, Ma. S6748l
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. The Fear Place. N333fe
Kerr, M. E. Is That You, Miss Blue? K414i
Myracle, Lauren. TTYL. M998t
Telgemeier, Raina. Smile. T271s
Winnick, Judd. The Big Book of Barry Ween, Boy Genius. W772
Non-Fiction
Cain, Barbara. Double-Dip Feelings: Stories to Help Children Understand Emotions. 152.4 C135d
Spilsbury, Richard. Emotions: From Birth to Old Age. 152.4 S756e 2013
Le Shan, Eda. What Makes Me Feel This Way? Growing Up with Human Emotions. 152.4 L629w
Aliki. Feelings. 152.4 B817f
Lalli, Judy. Feelings Alphabet: An Album of Emotions From A to Z. 152.4 L198f
Stein, Mark. Good and Bad Feelings. 152.4 S819g
Crary, Elizabeth. I’m Mad. 152.4 C893m
McGovern, Ann. Feeling Mad, Feeling Sad, Feeling Bad, Feeling Glad. 152.44 M146f
Berger, Terry. I Have Feelings. 152.4 B496i
Leonard, Marcia. Scared. 155.4 L5812sc
Angelou, Maya. Life Doesn’t Frighten Me. 811.54 A584 l *
Holbrook, Sara. By Definition: Poems of Feelings. 811.54 H724b *
Holbrook, Sara. I Never Said I Wasn’t Difficult: Poems. 811.54 H724i *
Viorst, Judith. Sad Underwear and Other Complications: More Poems for Children and Their Parents. 811.54 V798s / 811.54 V798s 2000 *
* indicates that the book is specifically poetry on feelings, rather than prose.