Customer Reviews

The Feel Good Book

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I think this book is great as our other Todd Parr books are. My 4 year old loves them. These books are about real life, happy and sad. It contradicts the old way of thinking, that feelings are wrong and should be discouraged. It encourages children to act like children and maybe for some adults to let their hair down and lighten up. Another fun book from Todd!

I am a Kindergarten teacher, and I use "The Feel Good Book" for a Health lesson. This book is so motivating, and it's excitingly colorful with fantastic pictures that go along with the mentioned feeling on that page. The illustrations look child drawn and really catch your eye. If possible, the children and I act out the gesture after reading each page. For example, the second page states that "Eating carrots with a bunny feels good"; the students and I would pretend to eat carrots and smile. If the children know the words that I am reading, I allow them to join me (children love to read along with a teacher!). After the book is read, we recall and retell what made the characters in the book feel good. I then ask them what makes them feel good. They are to hold that thought in their mind and write it on paper and draw/color a supporting illustration. I then collect all of the student's papers, and put together our class' very own feel good book!

We are big fans of Todd Parr's work. We give his books as gifts as much as possible. Great positive and simple life messages in all his books.

I love the feel good book! This book deserves five stars and makes me feel good! ļ When I am sad I want to cry and that makes me feel good. When I want to hug someone I hug and that makes me feel good. This book touches my heart and hopefully it will touch yours.
Eunace B. age-11

I use this book in my children's psychiatric inpatient groups as an intro to our lesson on remembering things that feel good and give pleasure. They love talking about the pleasures they have experienced and recalling that there is happiness in their lives....positive psychology approach.

This book is a fun read! I love talking about all the things that feel good! Its repetitive but perfect for a baby or toddler!

I love this book and will use it often in my preschool classroom. The bold pictures and short text work very well and can lead to some great discussions! We need to help kids understand what makes them feel good and that it's okay to have a different "feel good" than the kid sitting next to you. It's important for kids to know what feel good means and which things trigger that feeling. Super book!

I am a Media Specialist and I have a class of first graders that love this book! It's funny, and you will learn about feelings. Todd's illustrations are super good. He draws people with different colored faces and bodies. And he has a cool font of his very own handwriting. We skyped with Todd Parr and he introduced us to his two new dogs, Tater Tot and Pete. (Sadly we learned that Bully died when he was 13 in December.) You should read this book!
Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Iwasaki's Class South Street School

It gives ME so much pleasure to read this book with my daughter, that I do not know which one of us likes it more. This book is about celebrating the little things in life that make us feel happy, like giving a hug, helping a friend, or taking a bubble bath; things that most kids do with certain frequency and that they can easily relate to. It has nothing to do with the review that yells about how absurd it is that we have to recognize our differences to be happy; the reviewer was probably referring to another Todd book, which is equally as good. Todd's books are colorful, fun, simple to read to your kids starting more or less at age 3, and they also remind usadults of good things that we might have forgotten. Excellent, I recommend it all the way!

My kids love all the Todd Parr books. What I like about this one is that it encourages them to think about the activities and people that make them feel good, and reminds them about how so many everyday activities are fun!