The Feelings Book: Expressing Emotions Creatively a Guide for Children and Grownups

Boddie, Caryn Frye

ISBN 10: 0917895207 / ISBN 13: 9780917895203

Published by Cordillera Pr (edition First Edition), 1988

About this Item

It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Seller Inventory # 0917895207-11-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Feelings Book: Expressing Emotions Creatively a Guide for Children and Grownups
• Publisher: Cordillera Pr (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0917895207
• ISBN 13: 9780917895203
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

A guide for understanding emotions and expressing them creatively through art, literature, music, and journal writing.

Reviews

Grade 2-6-- This book is intended to move readers to keep journals of their own feelings as expressed in original words and art. A preface admonishes adults to be uncritically approving of their children's emotions and artistic productions, and to respect the privacy of their diaries. The introductory sections for children plows mostly pre-tilled inspirational ground, offering familiar fertilizer such as "YOU are a VERY IMPORTANT PERSON" and "FEELINGS ARE NOT GOOD OR BAD." While scrupulously avoiding undue authoritarianism ("Of course, you don't HAVE to put your feelings down on paper if you don't want to"), Boddie does hand down occasional ex cathedra pronouncements ("It's not all right to show your anger by hurting other people or yourself") and, more adventurously, is not afraid to mention God a few times. Each chapter is devoted to a cardinal emotion: happiness, sadness, wonder, anger, etc. Each introduces a feeling, suggests how readers may deal with it, and guides them through examples of the art that it has inspired in others. Dozens of colorful children's paintings, drawings, and writings happily dominate the book. Remarkably well-selected, unusual literary quotations are deftly integrated into the text. Still, Boddie's observations are often jarringly banal ("Sad feelings don't feel very good"). A thoughtful, down-to-earth chapter on how even a very young child "stuck in a feeling that hurts" can get help precedes a superb, extensive bibliography, arranged by emotion, with indications of reading level. There are also short lists of adult books and support sources. --Paul Bogrow, Pasadena , Calif.
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