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You have to learn to deal with feelings.
Books can help
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Feelings are usually a problem in children's books.
One exception is the classic "Do you actually know how much I love you", which was published in 1990: A rabbit child makes a dad-rabbit declaration of love.
It became a bestseller that is now even available in Kölsch and Frisian.
The new publication "Simply nice. A book about friendliness" is also very positive. It was sold out quickly and will not be published again until October.
Apparently the funny and thoughtful pictures and jokes hit a nerve.
And it is also beautiful to look at.
Strange: in books about fearfulness or shyness, boys in the form of rabbits or koala bears are the protagonists.
Do you need more courage and support when it comes to feelings?
Five books for young children about beautiful and difficult emotions.
Alfie and the clownfish
Assuming this picture book was an educational guide, then I would spontaneously say: Stupid.
Why do the parents give in immediately when their son does not dare to do something?
Why don't they build a bridge, find a way to let them experience how wonderful it is afterwards when you've overcome your shyness?
But this is not a guide, but a picture book.
Through this story, small children can feel understood where their own words are insufficient.
And you can also talk about how they would help the boy.
The illustrations alone are so beautiful that many should enjoy them
.
What's going on here?
Alfie has a great costume, but doesn't dare to go to the carnival party with it.
Just like last year.
There is always this heavy feeling in the stomach.
Instead, his mother takes him to a huge aquarium.
He has a very special encounter in the underwater world.
Miss Curious
Feelings are a double-edged thing - curiosity is a good example.
Often inappropriate, sometimes quite useful and can also be interpreted as interest and care.
It is unusual that someone is still called a miss today - we are amazed to see it and can change that ourselves while reading aloud.
What's going on here?
Really!
Without being asked, the giraffe sticks her long neck into other people's affairs: In the mole's den, in Frau Zauberlocke 's salon and even in Frau Bohrzack's dentist.
When Mr. Slow, the turtle, is looking for his child, she can finally put her curiosity to good use.
The decider
Tease, annoy, bully.
What to do when you feel weak
In this story there are few children against a larger group, and yet they are strong.
It is certainly not always like this, someone else is often at the mercy of someone else.
In any case, there are different feelings to discover in the book.
What's going on here?
It is mean how a group of four determiners pushes everyone else around.
No matter what the children are having fun with, the four come and chase them away.
But stop!
This can not go on like this.
When the decision makers need the others to play football, they finally feel strong enough to say no.
Oh, what a good feeling it is when you know how to help yourself and when you are a determiner!
And what comes after a thousand?
Do you prefer something funny or serious?
Take this book, it has both: the joy of the security of friendship and the sadness of losing a friend.
We can't prepare for it, but it will happen.
One can talk about death without any reason, because children are just so preoccupied with our finitude.
It's good to have a book like this when you need specific comfort and confidence.
The author's illustrations translate the various feelings into expressive images where words are no longer enough.
The garden behind a veil of tears, for example, captures the feeling of sadness in a wonderfully child-friendly way.
What's going on here?
Otto and Lisa are friends.
Otto doesn't hear that well anymore, but he can build slingshots and steal emergency biscuits.
One day he lies in bed and nothing can lure him into his garden.
Yes, he must die now, he says to Lisa, who is cuddling up to him.
When he died, she felt left alone by him.
Does he really have that?
Dare to say something!
This book puts you in a good mood.
What a wonderful feeling!
It says: People, no matter what you are, you are good and you are full of good ideas.
I think it’s a lot easier to live with that feeling.
A nice thought in this noisy world: You don't have to have a loud voice to be able to say something and express your personality and your feelings.
What's going on here?
Really. What's going on here? In this book, children riot and encourage others to stand by themselves and others without it getting cheesy. This is also due to the clear illustrations, which are not as old-fashioned as in other encouragement books. So this is not a story, but a collection of thoughts that also describes difficult situations and feelings and offers solutions.