The Feelings Book: The Care and Keeping of Your Emotions (AmericanGirl Library) by Lynda Madison, Bonnie Timmons (Illustrator), Norm Bendell (Illustrator)

From the Publisher

This sensitive companion to the bestselling book The Care and Keeping of You helps girls understand their emotions and learn to deal with them. They'll get tips on expressing their feelings and staying in control, plus advise on handling fear, anxiety, jealousy, and grief. Girl-friendly format features fun illustrations and letters from real girls written to American Girl magazine. A special section addresses fears related to events like school shootings and terrorist attacks.

Publishers Weekly

Girls' mental health is the focus of The Feelings Book: The Care & Keeping of Your Emotions by Lynda Madison, illus. by Norm Bendell, a companion volume to The Care & Keeping of You. Opening sections explain emotions, others suggest how to handle powerful feelings and focus on developing positive self-esteem. Girls' comments and questions appear throughout.

Meredith Kiger - Children's Literature

This clever little book, written especially for girls, is a straightforward, yet lighthearted approach to demystifying the up and down emotions of the preteen years. Using amusing cartoon-like illustrations, the book begins by talking directly to the reader, encouraging her participation throughout. Well researched and written, the book explains the physiological reasons for our emotions and goes on to suggest strategies one might use to keep emotions in a manageable range. The psychology of emotions is explained and encourages the reader to listen to the voice within, suggesting ways to distinguish negative and positive thinking and how to act on both. There are a few self-quizzes included that help the reader to identify her contrary views. It's a great little handbook for preteens with a light approach to a heavy subject. Hopefully, they will write one for boys. 2002, Pleasant Company,

School Library Journal

Gr 3-8-A well-done text on a topic that bears repeating. Madison explains that it's OK and perfectly normal to have feelings that are up one moment and crashing down the next. The easy-to-understand text guides readers through the physiology of dramatic, perhaps negative feelings to the final chapter of feeling positive. In between, readers are given an overview of how to identify particular emotions and what to do with them. Madison also devotes a chapter to "Help!" which has lots of practical tips for dealing with fear, anger, jealousy, etc. Particularly good is the message that readers are in charge of what they do about their emotions. Quotes in colorful boxes, a few multiple-choice questions, and cartoon illustrations on most pages make this title an appealing choice. Filled with good, reliable advice for readers dealing with the new surge of emotions, it will be a positive addition to adolescent-psychology shelves.-Elaine Baran Black, Gwinnett County Public Library, Lawrenceville, GA Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

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