The Little Prince: My Book of Feelings

by Corinne Delporte

Learn about emotions with The Little Prince

Discover emotions with the beloved character from author-illustrator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Joy, fear, anger, surprise...children experience a range of emotions every day, often several at the same time, and they sometimes find it difficult to articulate what they feel. Naming and identifying emotions is a way for little ones to start recognizing these feelings. As they gain self-awareness, children learn to manage their emotions, a critical skill that lays the foundation for emotional intelligence and resilience. The feelings described in this book include joy, surprise, anger, love, fear, sadness, and calm.

This book helps children articulate what they are feeling and gain self-awareness;
Inspired by the famous tale The Little Prince, timeless and enchanting.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

12 pages, Hardcover

Published August 10, 2022

Reviews

[Monali · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked up this book from Netgalley. It’s very well explained and illustrated and an ideal Children’s book. Each of the feeling was depicted as to what it means, how body displays it along with giving context by asking appropriate questions. The book also covers some ways to overcome negative emotions. Glad that I picked this up and would recommend to every parent to hand it over to your child since they would definitely enjoy it.

[chantalsbookstuff · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a beautifully written Illustration of feelings. Each topic was explained thoughtfully and easy to understand. The colorful illustrations will draw any child in to concentrate and follow the story. I love how The Little Prince, which is such a great story, features in this book and that the story line, although fear and anger is used, still leaves you feeling calmed and satisified. Thank you Netgalley for the arc.

[Raegan · Rating 3 out of 5]

*I received this book for free through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

Nice & helpful!

I liked how all the emotions were divided by color. The illustrations aren't the prettiest, but they are different. Not only are emotions described clearly. But there are ways described to overcome fear, sadness, & anger. I enjoyed the surprise visit from the sheep at the end.

[Annaka · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I thought this book was very well done. The illustrations are lovely. It manages to describe feelings well and it’s not just the normal happy/sad/mad group… it gets into things like feeling surprise or joy or calm or love too. As a counselor, my favorite part of the book May have been the short how to handle feelings at the back where it talked about ways to handle anger, feel calm, etc. Throughout the book it all kids to identify things that make them feel for the little price does. All in all a good book for any kid’s library in my opinion.

[BookofElves · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you to Netgalley for this ARC!

This is a very sweet book that explains the different emotions one might feel (from anger to sadness and happiness to calm). The illustrations are lovely and it's great that there's a section where the prince can relate to each of these emotions. It's important for readers to feel like they can engage and relate to the topics!

At the end, there's a section on how to deal with these emotions (breathing exercises etc), I think this was a lovely extra to add for some mindfulness!🥰

[Sherry Scheline · Rating 5 out of 5]

Teachers is you are wanting to add in some SEL regarding feelings this is the book! Great descriptions, artistry is great and the relationship of color to feeling is fabulous. Very well done book. Available on Epic.

[Lissa Pineda · Rating 4 out of 5]

En casa lo hemos leído desde que tenía un año, ahora tiene tres años y aún lo disfruta. Recordamos los ejercicios cada tanto, para tenerlos presentes en momentos de crisis y agotamiento.

[Brittany Kammerer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received this story to review from NetGalley. As a little girl “The Little Prince” was one of my absolute favorite stories so when I saw that they had a story about feelings with the “Little Prince” I knew I needed to read it especially as I teach 1st grade and Social Emotional Learning is one of the lessons we teach our students every day.

Reading the book I quickly realized this book is one of the most perfect books to read for a SEL lesson every day. Right off the bat what I loved that the author did was include colors. Students or children at a young age have difficulty expressing their emotions that is why colors and numbers with facial pictures help your young one identify what they are feeling. Therefore starting the book with colors to identify emotions is perfect.
Next the author uses the color to explain what emotion that is associated with and includes details about that particular emotion. My only complaint is some of the descriptions of that emotion may go over your young ones head therefore you may need to break the feelings down even further by including some examples.
Lastly I love that the book includes conversation starters about when your young ones feel that particular emotion and exercises that will help them to feel calm and happy. This is so important because as a teacher SEL isn’t just about a read aloud of a story. For me it is a time I am able to check in with my students to see how they are doing. Many times throughout the day it is hard to check in with them because we are constantly on the go, but by having a conversation with them I am able to help them.
Overall this is a must buy book for me and I am looking forward to purchasing as soon as it is available. I can’t wait to read it to my next years class as unfortunately this school year is almost over. :(

[Cj Reads Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mr 3 picked this book out for a bedtime story book last night. We read the first part of the book where it talks about the emotion, next gives an example of the emotion through the little princes story and asks what makes us feel that particular emotion.

It was a new but lovely experience for both Mr 3 and me to talk about emotions like this with each. It was great to bond with Mr 3 and listen to his answers or me giving him examples on when he was feeling an emotion when he was unsure of an answer.

I think sometimes it’s hard for children to distinguish what emotion they are feeling. So talking about emotions can help a child understand their emotion and know that their emotion is valid.

We will have to try out the other activities at a later date when the kids are feeling scared, sad or angry.

I would definitely recommend this book, and I would eventually buy a physical copy just to have it on hand and go through the book with my kids again. It was nice and interesting to listen to what makes them feel different ways.

Thank you @netgalley and Chouette Publishing for the digital copy of The Little Prince: My Book of Feelings by Corinne Delporte for reviewing purposes.

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This charming and excellently executed book based on classic The Little Prince by Antoinne de Saint-Exupery helps young children learn how to identify, give voice to, and handle their emotions.

The book covers the emotions of joy, sadness, fear, anger, calm, surprise, and love. It associates each emotion with a color, describes what the emotion is and what it feels like, and then shows an illustrated example of a situation that makes The Little Prince feel that emotion. I love that it encourages the child to interact with the book by asking "What make you feel (insert emotion here)?"

To make this book even better, at the end of the book there are four exercises to help children move through their emotions, giving them ways to calm their fears, drive out anger, soothe their sadness and find calm.

I LOVE this book and recommend it highly to anyone who loves The Little Prince or who knows young children!

My thanks to ChickBoom! Books for allowing me to read an ARC of the book via NetGalley. The book is scheduled to be published 8/16/22. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and are freely given.

[Sam Andersen · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you happen to page through this small book quickly, it seems relatively simple. However, emotions are big things to little children. Young children have a difficult time understanding their emotions or what causes them, therefore, they cannot control them or react appropriately.

This children’s picture book has four helpful exercises to diffuse negative emotions. This book would be extremely helpful in a toddler’s home, pre-school, or early elementary school setting. Parents and teachers can use the exercises to teach the children to control their emotional responses to negative feelings.

I enjoyed the story of the Little Prince and the vibrant illustrations in the book. I think that children would respond positively to this book.

I want to thank Author Corinne Delporte, Illustrator Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Choutte Publishing, and NetGalley for the opportunity to review this Advanced Reader’s Copy. This is a voluntary review, and all comments and opinions are entirely my own.

[Naomi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book clearly explains feelings to a younger audience, managing expectations and supporting young people develop safe and healthy ways to control and process emotions.

The use of colours makes it very clear for young people to distinguish between the feelings, whilst also helping them to visualise their emotions - this is not the first time this style has been used to visualise feelings, however it works well and I am glad it was used here.

The sentences are not too long and do not use overly complex language - making it clear and concise - enhancing the readability.

The question prompts throughout the book are great conversation openers between adults and children to help discuss feelings and answer any questions along the way.

The exercises at the end of the book also support the education in processing and controlling emotions - this will guide young people in developing health habits and practicing mindfulness from a young age.

Thank you to the Publisher & NetGalley for this ebook for review.

[Kelly Green's Book Review · Rating 5 out of 5]

Again, excited to have received a digital copy from NetGalley & Chouette Publishing.

a truly unique perspective for young readers. The Little Prince My Book of Feelings take unique shades of color and detailed artwork to capture readers attention. If you are already a fan of The Little Prince, you are immediately drawn into the familiar Little Prince world. The characters welcome you into a safe place to learn about your emotions and how you feel. The use of colors to represent each emotion is a new perspective on building awareness of emotions that we all feel at some time in our life. The descriptive, yet simple explanations of emotions are easy to understand. Each emotion is presented and then followed up with questions as to how/when the reader may have felt a similar way. The breathing and yoga-like exercises at the end of the book are priceless tools for readers of all ages to learn and use as a resource when faced with challenging emotions of everyday life.

This simple and beautiful work should be a staple in every home.

[Avia Shelton · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was great for explaining emotions to younger kids. My son is 5 and I probably wouldn’t have read it to someone younger than that. I love how the emotions were color coded and each one had an explanation on what it is. After it explained the emotion the Little Prince would have a picture showing what the emotion was for him. Then it asked you if you ever experienced that emotion. My favorite part has to be the questions. I love getting my son involved with reading so that he understands what I’m saying and that he’s paying attention. Some of the pictures with the Little Prince didn’t make sense, like him getting angry because the rose didn’t speak nice to him. In reality flowers don’t talk back, so I can see that being confusing for a child. I also liked that at the ending you had exercises your child could do to help combat tough emotions like sadness and anger. Overall I feel like it’s a good learning tool, but I would just be prepared to explain more in detail about the Little Prince.

[Daniele Kasper · Rating 5 out of 5]

So many feelings to feel, to learn about, to manage. From joy, to fear, to anger and sadness, this picture book takes a journey into the basic feelings. Along with The Little Prince, children can explore them all. Delporte has created a book that can help open up a dialogue about these big feelings with little people.

Deleporte validates all feelings children may feel. She shares strategies, age appropriate explanations and vocabulary, along with great illustrations, to make the concept seem more understandable.

This story was both entertaining and educational, which can be a tricky balance to maintain in a children’s book, and I will be suggesting it to teachers whenever possible. Incorporating difficult to navigate topics such as this into children's picture books is a tried and true way to teach an important life skill in a way that is fun. This would be an amazing addition for classroom libraries, counselling offices and more.

[joyce w. laudon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Who better than the Little Prince as a guide to emotions for young children? This book helpfully describes a number of feelings and assigns each one a color. For example, anger is red. It is described as an unpleasant emotion that might make a child want to yell. On the accompanying page is a Saint Expury illustration of the Little Prince when he is angry. Children are then asked to think about what makes them angry. This is the format in a book that covers seven emotions. At the end, some mindfulness activity suggestions are included.

This is an excellent book to read with a child. Kids can be encouraged to bring the book out to show an adult how they are feeling. Children can also learn the color codes and use these. I think that this book could be an effective tool for social workers, teachers and mental health professionals who engage with young ones.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Chouette Publishing for this title. All opinions are my own.

[Kazu]

The Rose, the Little Prince's buddy is sick and Little Prince chooses to fly around the world and snap images of well-known locations in order to cheer up his companion. The reading level is indicated as kindergarten and higher, with a reading age of 5 to 6. And based of the book illustration, i think every kids who read this book will understand the mean of it too. It's an excellent book for kids to start learning about the world of wonders. Although there isn't much information on the location, It is unquestionably a great idea to read this narrative in history class because it gives the kids the chance to learn some new information, discuss which countries they would like to visit afterward. They can also share it with their friends. Thank you so much for the arc, NetGalley! I would absolutely suggest it to my young cousins since I genuinely love these books and the illustrations are so lovely.

[Azra's Book Corner · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would like to thank Corinne Delporte, Antoine de Saint-Exupe ́ry, Netgalley and Chouette Publishing for providing an advanced reader copy in exchange of an honest review. The Little Prince: My Book of Feelings follow the Little Prince as he explains Joy, Surprise, Anger, Love, Fear, Sadness and Calmness and how to appropriately handle and identify these emotions. This book did a great job going over feelings and how to properly and in a positive and healthy way handle emotions. It’s one of those books that isn’t too pushy and that you would find in a therapist or counsellor office. It’s written in a way where you don’t need to have any prior knowledge of The Little Prince to understand. It is also written where all ages can benefit from the book. You could read it to a pre-schooler or fifth grader as it doesn’t have an age limit. Overall, a great book for emotions and feelings.

[Storywraps · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a delightful oversized board book. It includes the beloved character from the original story of "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry which is a children's classic. Little ones can come to an understanding of their every day emotions as the book is shared and discussed with them. Many times little ones find it difficult to express their feelings and find it hard to manage them.

The author has included the emotions of joy, surprise, anger, love, fear, sadness, and calm. She has highlighted four exercises at the end to help children process their feelings and emotions which will increase their self-awareness and confidence.

The illustrations of course are epic and this book would be a wonderful asset to a teacher, psychologist and parent. I highly endorse this book!

[Syntaxx · Rating 5 out of 5]

Miigweetch to Netgalley, Chouette Publishing, and CrackBoom! Books for the DRC.

This is a great first book about feelings, and does a good job of using simple, straightforward language to talk about feelings. Each feeling is associated with a color and there are exercises for children to practice working out their big feelings. I believe that “The Little Prince” theme is more for the adults reading this to children, as I think the target audience is too young to have engaged with the novel in a meaningful way yet, but I could be mistaken. Having said that, I'm a huge fan of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry so obviously I enjoyed the artwork a great deal. It's a win for me!

Overall I recommend this book and think it would be a good tool for counselors or others who work with small children who are just beginning to become self-aware and may need guidance to label their feelings.

[Joan Somers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mothers of toddlers who are 2-5 will come to appreciate this book. As a mother, and now grandmother, I know how hard it is for children to express their feelings. They are easily frustrated and may cry or have a tantrum. You want to help them become more independent and begin to control their emotions a little.

My Book of Feelings is colorful and grabs your attention. It’s clear and helps you interact with your child to learn what emotions are. You can talk about your own feelings and how you had to take a deep breath etc to calm yourself in a situation.

I highly recommend this book. I wish I had this 30 years ago!

[Carolina Colleene · Rating 2 out of 5]

Content: G
The Little Prince helps readers learn about feelings. Using examples of when The Little Prince has experienced different emotions, he helps readers recognize and express what they feel too.
Delporte uses the Little Prince characters to make a short, informative book geared toward a young audience. I felt like the word choice wasn’t always consistent with the young audience, and some of the explanations are stated as fact when they are simply one way those emotions can be expressed. Overall, though, the message is still good for children learning about their emotions.
The Little Prince is depicted as White in the illustrations.
Reviewed for https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/

[PhyllisRBooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a good resource for teaching ages 3-6 how to recognize and appropriately react to feelings they are having. Joy, surprise, anger, love, fear, sadness, and calm are the emotions discussed in the book.

The book’s format includes the emotion, the reaction and the instinctive behavior coupled with an example of an appropriate response from the Little Prince. Exercises for calming fear, driving out anger, soothing sadness and finding calm are included to help children successfully work through the emotions they feel.

I received this book from the author/publisher free of charge, with no expectation of a positive review.

[Lexy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was very cute. It provided simple explanations for different emotions as well as providing examples for the little prince feeling those emotions. This book has great potential to better connect with this book. Many younger kids have not read the original Little Prince story so the connection to some things in the story would not make sense to children. For example: With anger, why would a kid feel angry a rose did not talk to them? Roses do not talk. A child reading this book to understand emotions would further be confused with this connection. Overall it was a cute story with images that children will enjoy.
Thank you Chouette Publishing for a digita copy of this book.

[Brianna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love children’s books about emotions. It’s really important to me to help my kids understand their feelings and provide them with tools to navigate those feelings.
This book was fantastic in that it was simple, but colour coding the emotions and engaging the reader to apply them to their own lives was great. I appreciated the end where there were strategies for handling certain emotions. It definitely was a book that helped open up an important conversation.

Thank you NetGalley and Chouette Publishing for the digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.

[Deborah Pendleton · Rating 2 out of 5]

Poor Little Prince, he’s out of touch with reality. How about using some relatable triggers for the different emotions? Angry because the rose didn’t talk nice? Confused because there was no one on earth when he arrived? How about angry because the princess got a larger slice of cake or confused because he woke up too early and thought it was the next evening? And the vocabulary. What child is going to need a picture book, but understand those advanced words. The poor parent who has to translate!

[Mar · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Little Prince: My book of Feelings is a well designed book teaching young kids about emotions.
The text is well written and appropriate for the target audience. The illustrations are on the simplistic side, which I appreciated, because I felt that their simplicity helped showcase the message of the book, without visually distracting the reader. I think it would be a most helpful book in a preschool or early elementary setting and has a lot of potential for SEL lessons for that age group. Overall a worthwhile addition to your class or home library!

[Sue Fernandez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whether you're a fan of The Little Prince (and really, who isnt'?) or not, this book stands alone. It has the charm of the original title, but for toddlers, this book is not only charming, but also a unique way to help children express their feelings. The sooner children can understand/learn how to do this, the better for their future. I highly recommend this book. Thank you to NetGalley and Chouette Publishing for an e-'ARC of this title in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

[stephanie cox · Rating 5 out of 5]

Learning and discussing emotions is a must do when you have children. This was a great way for me open the conversation in a fun and learning atmosphere. The added bonus of this book for me was having the book ask you questions are you read. "What makes you Happy, what makes you feel calm?" The descriptions of each emotion in the book and describing them to make it easier to understand is a helpful tool. I enjoyed this book and will be using it when my household needs another feeling talk.

Thank you NetGalley for the eARC.

[That Book Kid · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was such a great book! Each page talks about a different emotion, explaining what that emotion is, how it feels and gives an example of the little prince feeling it. It then asks "What makes you feel ____" which is a great open ended questions for kids to think about! I am all about embracing your feelings and "feeling all the feels", so I loved the message of this book. It was short, sweet and Ronan loved it too! I also appreciated the page of exercises at the end as well. This is one I will definitely buy when it comes out.