What a lovely book! Curtis perfectly captures each mood in clever rhymes that would be accessible and relatable to young readers. The bright, rich illustrations really augment the book. Finally, the message that it is OK to have different feelings, and to feel your feelings, is perfect.

I thought this was an awesome book that explained different moods super well! The pictures were also great at describing visually what it looks like to feel different things. I also loved the little wheels at the back so you can change her face to see different feelings.

Understanding and labeling emotions are important, but this book gives the impression that one can do whatever he/she feels like when feeling these emotions. Establishing and practicing healthy responses to these emotions are what children need to grasp... they are already great at feeling.

The content is also too PG-13 for this age group too. Stacy having a boyfriend who also likes Mary? Having a crush on a teacher?

This is a really fun book about a little girl who experiences all kinds of moods throughout the day. She feels silly as she eats noodles for breakfast. She feels angry because her friends left her out. She feels confused because her boyfriend Sam also likes Mary. The illustrations are very expressive, colorful and provide a lot of detail. It is a great book to help children identify different emotions so they can learn how to express how they feel. How do you feel today?

Today I Feel Silly encourages kids to express their moods. The illustrations are great and demonstrate that we all have moods and should learn to expect and explore them. As the moods of the girl differ, the colors of each page change too. When she feels silly, the pictures are bright and cheerful. When she feels confused, you have to turn the books sideways to read.
The addition of the interactive cardboard face at the end of the book, following the question How do you feel?, is the perfect touch.This book should aide in children identifying with their own feelings. Teachers can talk about different moods and the way students react when they feel silly, angry, lonely, etc. I would have students choose their mood and make a face to represent it.

Adorable picture book with fun, silly, relatable illustrations. I love all the emotions the little girl experiences throughout the story. I also enjoyed the wheel at the end of the book where you can select your own emotions.

This would be good for small group social skills lessons.

Audience- age 5-9.

The vibrant colors make the book visually appealing, and the rhyme within the book makes it fun to read. I really enjoyed this book because it validates emotions. The main character experiences different emotions that she shares with the audience. This book would be helpful when teaching about emotions.

I love how this book depicts the emotions children, and some adults, go through. It really is ever changing especially when they are interacting with other children.I feel that the book teaches children that it is okay to feel however they feel. What I would add to this is that no matter how we are feeling, we still have to respect others. I would read this book and ask the children if they ever feel the way the character in the book does and what they do when they don't feel so great to try to feel better. I would have a mood wheel available during dramatic play where they can dress up and act like the mood they spin.

I really enjoyed this book and the enthusiasm that my classmate used. Children relate to this as well and well, we all feel silly sometimes. The pictures are amazing, bright and silly. I would definitely read this to my children as well.

1) No awards
2) prek-1
3) Jamie Lee writes a story about the rollercoaster of feelings kids go through. She makes anger, sadness, and happiness all seem normal and goes through things that happen in life and all the ups and downs that come with it.
4) This book is a great way for students to connect too. They learn about some emotions that they may have been going through and learn a way to describe them and that its okay to feel that way. Emotions can be a big part of a child life and this is a great way to incorporate it into their day.
5) For this book, students could do an emotion show. They could go up to the class, pick a paper out of a hat that had an emotion not it and act it out for others to guess. They could also have a feelings journal that they write and reflect in every day or when they are feeling something they want to write down.

When not being chased by some creepo every Halloween named Michael Myers, Jamie Lee Curtis likes to quit her day job as Hollywood icon to write cool books for kids, to let kid fans know despite her A List status she's still Jamie from the block: still human, still funny and insightful and a very devoted mom. Kids who have been brazen enough to sneak some of her more, ahem, mature work like True Lies with her and Ah-Nold, or Trading Places where she played a sweet natured hooker, will either find her contributions to children's literature a) refreshing or b) disappointing since lots of kids do have better taste. The ones who enjoy her work, like this one, will be eager for more from the Curtis Collection of Fine Volumes....ahem! Let's not get too carried away. This book explores the moods she goes thru, both good and bad, using her psychology skills learned from studying her movie scripts in depth and applying it in a nice way that relates to kids of every age. The actress has her heart in the right place, assuming the pay from her literary ventures is good enough, but then...why judge? Jamie Lee is endearing and fun, whether it's as writer, or actor, or as a woman.
Four stars
Curtis can write us good!!!!

Although I enjoyed and appreciated "Today I Feel Silly" I felt like it focused very heavily on the emotions the children face but not so much how to handle those emotions. It is completely okay to feel silly, upset, sad, and all other emotions. I feel it is important to explain to young children how to handle those emotions as well. When you're feeling upset-how do you properly handle your anger? and so on and so forth. I believe this book was good-but when using it in a classroom/teaching setting, I think it's important to emphasize how to handle emotions as well.