Description ★ I'll Give You a Map of Your Emotions Lee Hyun-a, the author of Words That Embrace Your Emotions, has spent many years listening closely to children's worries in the classroom, serving as the classroom's "heart pharmacist" who soothes children's hearts. Through this experience, she discovered that many children struggle to express and regulate their own emotions. Most children lump all their feelings into vague phrases—saying "Ugh, so annoying!" both when they feel wronged and when they feel hurt. In particular, today's children, who are exposed to social media from an early age, tend to express emotions simply through actions like clicking "like" or a heart icon. As a result, they often lose the opportunity to put the subtle and complex emotions beneath the surface into words. Teacher Lee Hyun-a wrote this book with warmth and conviction, hoping to help children express and regulate their feelings. Children who have a healthy emotional vocabulary have the power to express and manage their hearts wisely. Give your child clear and sturdy emotional language, so they can become the master of their own heart and stride confidently into the world. — Lee Hyun-a (15-year veteran elementary school teacher, Head of the Children's Book Research Group "Because I Love It") ★ Why Is Expressing and Regulating Emotions Important? Expressing and regulating emotions is essential because it's deeply connected to healthy relationships, academic achievement, and mental health as children grow. For example, if a child doesn't understand or know how to express sadness, an unexplainable sense of helplessness and overwhelming sadness can make school life difficult, concentration on studies hard, and communication with friends challenging. But when a child clearly recognizes that what they're feeling is sadness, and receives comfort and support from those around them, they can manage their own life with health and wisdom. In Inside Out 2, various emotions like Anxiety, Envy, Ennui, and Embarrassment appear, with Anxiety in particular driving much of the story. In today's highly competitive and comparison-driven world, when anxiety strikes, many children don't know how to handle it and end up pushing themselves toward the worst-case scenario, becoming discouraged. How wonderful would it be if they had the emotional vocabulary to embrace themselves in these moments? This book offers children a rich and nourishing emotional vocabulary. Features of This Book 1. Explore 18 emotions across 4 categories using a Mood Meter based on expert research. The "Mood Meter" is a tool developed by Yale University's Center for Emotional Intelligence to help people recognize and regulate their emotions. It maps emotions along two axes—"pleasantness" on the horizontal axis and "energy level" on the vertical axis—dividing them into four color zones. This allows readers to intuitively see the distribution of emotions at a glance and explore similar emotions within each category. Words That Embrace Your Emotions uses a "Mood Meter for Kids," reimagined by Teacher Lee Hyun-a to suit children's perspectives, exploring 18 emotions across 4 categories. By using this kid-friendly Mood Meter to identify the color and position of their current feelings, children can clearly grasp their emotions and give them specific names—almost like holding a map of their own emotions. 2. Understand emotions through real, vivid worries shared by children in the classroom. Words That Embrace Your Emotions begins with genuine concerns that children have shared in the classroom, so young readers will find themselves nodding along in recognition and empathy. The illustrations by artist Han Yeon-jin, known for her sensory artwork and inventive ideas, vividly capture the facial expressions and body language that accompany different emotions, helping children better connect with the physical signals their bodies give off in response to their feelings. 3. Practical, situation-based solutions drawn from a real elementary school teacher's experience. Teacher Lee Hyun-a, who has spent years observing children up close, offers clear, practical solutions for various situations—each one infused with a spoonful of warmth and a spoonful of empathy, drawn from her wealth of classroom experience.