One day, the Color Monster wakes up very confused and doesn’t know how he feels. The young girl decides to help him separate his emotions, demonstrated with colors, and put them into jars to determine what he feels. Through this strategy they sort through each emotion and what it feels like. For each emotion, the book talks about things that one may enjoy doing or not enjoy doing while feeling this emotion. Doing this is a very easy to understand, relatable way for children to grasp the idea of emotions/feelings. The use of a monster is also a fun way to explain emotions. The artwork is well done and expertly matches the tone of the story with child-like illustrations and color choices. Each emotion also is given its own color which can potentially assist children with emotional literacy. Great for the reader who is learning how to separate and understand emotions and feelings.
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