Description ⚫ The follow-up to the bestselling infant/toddler series — 'The First Emotion-Coaching Picture Book for Ages 3-7' Early childhood is a time when emotional development advances enough for children to express, in richer language than before, how they feel 'right now' and the situations they find themselves in. It's also a period when children begin mingling with peers and start paying attention to others' feelings. Experts agree that experiencing and understanding one's own feelings, and learning to consider the feelings of others, form the foundation of emotional and social development in early childhood. For the 'post-COVID kids' who, over the past few years of mask-wearing becoming the norm, have been deprived of chances for these experiences, proper emotion coaching matters more than ever. For several years, most people lived wearing masks. I hope this book becomes an opportunity for children who grew up with fewer chances to read facial expressions to practice expressing their own feelings. _Wakaru 'Tell Me, Tell Me How You Feel' is an 'emotion-coaching picture book' that follows in the footsteps of 'Precious, Precious, Me and You Too,' a sex-education picture book that became an infant/toddler bestseller right after its release, and 'Precious, Precious, Your Heart Too,' which dealt with resilience in early childhood. A picture book is the best tool for children and caregivers to take their first steps into emotion coaching together, because it allows rich stimulation and experiences to be shared through all the senses. We confidently recommend this book for families with young children, as well as for daycare centers, preschools, and other educational settings. We hope you'll read it to children with joy and talk with them about feelings as much as you like. ⚫ "Whatever you feel, your feelings matter. It's important to say those feelings out loud." _An emotion picture book that helps children accurately understand their own feelings and builds the strength to express them in healthy ways. A child is crying, shouting "No, no!" A puppy comes over and asks why the child is crying, but the child only says they're crying because they hate it so much. It's as if real children—who stamp their feet, wail, and roll on the floor when things don't go their way—have been lifted straight from life. Developmental psychologist Yayoi Watanabe, a psychology professor at Hosei University in Japan, explains that children express their feelings with their whole bodies like this because they don't yet accurately understand their own feelings, nor do they know how to communicate them. Through the voice of a puppy, this book teaches children what feelings are, and shows that speaking up and telling others how we feel is what allows others to understand our hearts. It walks children through, step by step, using simple expressions and examples perfectly suited to their level: when we feel upset, what we might say in those moments, and how things change once we put our feelings into words. Say out loud what you're thinking in your heart. You'll feel so much better. Whatever you feel, your feelings matter. It's important to say those feelings out loud. Then others will understand your heart even better. _From the text The ability to accurately understand one's own feelings and express them in a healthy way—'Tell Me, Tell Me How You Feel' is an emotion picture book that cheers children on and helps them build that very strength. ⚫ When adults read it first, then read it to their child, and use it together—turning 'storytime' into 'heart-reading time.' Before reading this book to your child, take a moment to read the solid expert coaching and heartfelt advice for adults included at the back of the book. Understand your child's heart. Put your child's feelings into words for them. Practice looking into your own feelings and expressing them in words, as an adult too. Use words that express feelings to switch on your child's emotional awareness! The book offers concrete methods that become even more effective when adults read and practice them first. This is a book adults need too. I think many adults go through life without looking into their own emotions. How can an adult who hides their own feelings possibly notice a child's heart? _From an Amazon reader review After finishing the book with your child, open to the very last page, filled with various expressions and facial expressions of feelings. Face your child and enjoy it like a game, guessing which expression goes with which feeling, or...