Book Review: Today I Feel Silly
It can be difficult for adults, let alone, children to identify feelings they are experiencing. It is also challenging for people of all ages to understand that having those feelings is okay. We are often taught that you are not allowed to be angry or you shouldn’t be sad. Although the people telling us these things have the best of intentions, the fact of the matter is that it is alright to have these feelings. What is important is that you act appropriately knowing that those feelings are there.
Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods that Make My Day, by Jamie Lee Curtis, is a wonderful book that helps teach children that everyone experiences a wide variety of feelings. It also stresses that you may even swing from one mood into another throughout the day. Curtis, along with talented illustrator Laura Cornell, is able to portray for the audience that it is okay to have these feelings. I also like that the illustrator is able to visually connect moods and feelings to a palate of vibrant colors.
If you enjoy this book, you may also like some of Curtis’s other titles including, I’m Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem and It’s Hard to Be Five: Learning How to Work My Control.
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Written by BRWI Staff on February 18, 2011
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