Foods with Moods: A First Book of Feelings: A First Book of Feelings

by Saxton Freymann, Joost Elffers

Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers's delightful food sculptures return in a bright new board book adaptation! How are you peeling today? Happy? Silly? Excited? Worried? Whatever you're feeling, there's a food that shares your mood, and these delightful, delectable sculptures are sure to turn a frown upside-down.Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers have wowed readers with the funny food faces of How Are You Peeling?: Foods with Moods , the underwater vegetable visions of One Lonely Seahorse , the lush produce landscapes of Gus and Button , and the punny puppies of Dog Food .Almost 20 years after the original hardcover edition of the first in the collection, How Are You Peeling?: Foods with Moods , the vivacious veggies return in this brand-new board book adaptation, Foods with A First Book of Feelings .

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

20 pages, Board Book

Published March 27, 2018

Reviews

[Bea · Rating 3 out of 5]

The pictures are excellent as are the expressions on the food faces but the text is wordy and a little confusing, at least for young toddlers. It's a good introduction to feelings and reading facial cues.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

This board book relies on photographs of various fruits and vegetables to mimic facial expressions of various moods. While it is important that youngsters learn to identify how they are feeling, which this book encourages, it would be hard to feel anything other than amused and entertained by the clever manipulation of the produce found on its pages. Honestly, I don't think I'll ever regard an orange in quite the same way. And who knew that onions could be emotive? Because of its small size and amusing and eye-catching content, this book will simply fly off the bookshelves. Obviously, it has uses for someone who is trying to figure out what exactly they are feeling and doesn't have the right words since they can point to the photographs.

[Mort's Kids · Rating 4 out of 5]

Terrifically ridiculous. Perfectly captured emotional states straight from the crisper. And a bad pun to cap it off.

Still despite the killer veg pix, the graphic design is a bit lacking and the flow lacks the panache I'd want. The concept is great, but a bit more polish is needed to push it over the edge.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun way to introduce kids to different moods/feelings. The pictures are very cute and a good range of emotions is covered. Some of the explanations are a little beyond the comprehension level of my 2.5 year old but introducing the vocabulary now will be useful for the future.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

June 2019 - Summer Reading prize book! She found it delicious enough to eat in the car on the way home. Seems like one that will work into toddlerhood.

[Megan · Rating 1 out of 5]

This board book is disturbing.

[Chance Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Emotional awareness and pictures of goofy vegetables. How am I "peeling"? After reading this book, very happy!

[Lisa]

Well *I* found this book a little creepy but my 2 year loves it & enjoys identifying new fruits AND new feelings with it!

[Cat · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great pictures, text is cumbersome and doesn’t fit well. We just talk about the faces with our toddler and skip the text.

[معصومه توکلی · Rating 4 out of 5]

عنوان ترجمهٔ فارسی: چه حس و حالی داری؟

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

cute but also creepy

[Allison Hiltunen]

The pictures are kinda nightmare fuel, the kiddo likes it though