"Perfect to share with all the early readers you care about." ReadersDigest.com "Strong, colorful, and expressive images by Janan Cain perfectly showcase her imaginative text introducing children to the words they need to name their feelings. The Way I Feel is an original, informative, high... more

"Perfect to share with all the early readers you care about." ReadersDigest.com "Strong, colorful, and expressive images by Janan Cain perfectly showcase her imaginative text introducing children to the words they need to name their feelings. The Way I Feel is an original, informative, highly entertaining and recommended picturebook for personal, school, and community library collections." Childrens Book Watch "From scared to shy, bored to jealous, Cain covers the emotional waterfront . . ." Publishers Weekly "The Way I Feel somehow manages to stress the importance of recognizing your feelings, without preaching. The illustrations are just plain funny." ForeWord This Week "[Janan Cain] has achieved her goal of giving children the language to express their emotions—not only through her choice of words but through the use of provocative colors, mood-enhancing illustrations, and the font and flow of the words, some of which weave, stagger or twirl themselves across the page." Contemporary Pediatrics "Cleverly color-coded moods (anger in red, bored in muted tones) invite children to consider their own emotions and the colors they might choose to represent them." Young Children The Journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children "Finally, we have a resource which teaches children to articulate what they feel! . . . As an educator, I give it high marks for its use of standard language, neither outdated nor slang, and for illustrations which portray both gender and ethnic diversity." Phyllis Gorman The Robert Crown Center for Health Education "A unique picturebook about human feelings, what they are and how they are all part of our human experience and makeup. The strong and expressive images showcase the superbly crafted verse text." Midwest Book Review "The rhymes and illustrations give children a way to articulate emotions theyre just beginning to understand and give parents a way to begin a dialogue on feelings." Eastside Parent "Cain is particularly good on feelings that are hard to explain but carry an emotional wallop for the young set (and, lets be honest, for their parents, too) . . . like frustration, boredom and jealousy." Adoptive Families "The Way I Feel helps children understand what they are feeling and lets them know that its okay to experience all of these emotions. . . . beautifully bright and color illustrations . . ." KidsBookshelf "Recommended for reading aloud. . ..Both the adults who read and the children who listen will feel a sense of the emotion that is described through the colorful drawings and unique rhymes." Texas Association of School Boards "Offers the vocabulary children need to understand and express feelings." West Virginia Public Broadcastings Ready to Learn Service Recommended by the scientists and counselors writing in "Child and Adolescent Therapy: Cognitive-behavioral Procedures" and by such special needs programs as: * Educational Neuroscience Lab, Simon Fraser University * National Center on Homelessness * Domestic Violence Committee Coordinated Response Team, Kent County, MI * Autism Resource Center of Central Massachusetts * Southern Alberta Shared Mental Health Care * Community Outreach programs, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute "The Way I Feel" is also included in the "Coping" reading list of the Southern Adirondack Library System and the "Life, Loss and Grief" recommended reading of the American Red Cross. Jurors in the Teachers Choice awards program added: * "Im very impressed with this book and its potential for class or individual input." * "Helps build character and vocabulary." * "Draws you in and leaves you with a positive, upbeat feeling."