Description
How are you?
Book Summary
A picture book that invites little ones to recognize and name their emotions through expressive images and a colorful visual game. With a simple and direct approach, Anthony Browne combines words and illustrations to explore feelings such as joy, sadness, or boredom, offering a first approach to emotional intelligence. Ideal for sharing as a family and encouraging affective communication from early childhood.
What is it about?
The book presents a gallery of basic emotions through faces and everyday situations. Each page shows a different mood, accompanied by a brief text that names it and an illustration that reinforces it through gestures, colors, and typographic compositions. The author uses chromatic resources and visual games so that the child associates each emotion with a clear and recognizable image, facilitating the identification and expression of what they feel. It is a work that invites dialogue and shared observation.
Main themes
- Recognition and expression of basic emotions (joy, sadness, anger, boredom).
- Emotional education in early childhood.
- Affective communication between adults and children.
- Visual and chromatic language as a narrative tool.
Who is it recommended for?
For young children (aged 2 to 5) who are beginning to identify their emotions and name them. It is also a useful resource for parents, educators, and reading mediators looking for simple visual support to work on emotional intelligence with little ones.
What this book offers
- Helps children recognize and verbalize their emotions in a playful way.
- Encourages conversation about feelings in a safe and affective environment.
- Offers a first approach to emotional diversity through clear and attractive images.
- Stimulates observation and the association between colors, gestures, and moods.
Technical specifications
- Author: Browne, Anthony
- Publisher: Kalandraka
- Language: glg
- Topic: PICTURE BOOKS
- Binding: Hardcover
- Edition date: August 2012
- Number of pages: 40
- Weight: 358 g
Editorial review
An essential title for early childhood libraries due to its ability to connect with children through very accessible images and words. Anthony Browne demonstrates his mastery of the picture book by simplifying visual language without losing expressiveness. It is a book that fulfills its purpose effectively: helping little ones understand and communicate what they feel, while offering adults a valuable resource for emotional support.