This book was about the different emotions you can experience. It talked bout things like happiness, sadness, anger, and thankfulness. Each emotion had a hypothetical situation tied to it. I think this book is a great book for kids. I loved how it gave situations where someone would feel these emotions. I also loved the pictures and how each page represented the emotions with its color, images, and fonts used. I would use this in a classroom when dealing with students who don't know how to cope with their emotions. It might teach them why they feel a certain way and make them feel comfortable recognizing their emotions. This was a well written and illustrated book that teachers should definitely share with their students.

The genre of this book is realistic fiction. I love this book because it talks about all of the different feelings that a person can have, associates them with colors, the things you may do when you feel a certain way and some things that may cause you to feel that way. The book has great vocabulary and illustrations, and incorporates different font types for each feeling. I would use this book for the reading format of guided reading or working one on one with a student who may struggle with handling their own feelings in school. I would also use this book for the writing format of a mentor text for a mini lesson to have students right about times when they feel a certain emotion. I used this book in a different class for a child who had a behavioral problem to teach him about all his different feelings and when he can identify them appropriately. Great book for young children.

Genre: Fiction, Poetry
The Way I Feel is a wonderful book about feelings. This would be a great book for lower elementary students. I think it would especially be beneficial for a kindergarten classroom. This would be nice to use at the beginning of the year for students. Since kindergarten is the first time for most students in a classroom setting, this would be a great book to bring out to talk about those different emotions they might be feeling while at school. This allows the class to openly talk about these feelings, and maybe create understanding.
One unique feature is the rhyming taking place throughout the pages, and the placement of the words on the page. They words are artfully placed on the pages and flow with the pictures on the page.

I chose this book as a resource for teaching preschoolers about different emotions and/or feelings. They loved all of the colorful, silly illustrations. This book is a great resource for helping young students learn about the "zones of regulation." I loved that the illustrations helped students engage and retain the colors that could be associated with different emotions.

1.)The Way I Feel
2.) Social/Emotional Skill Taught: The skills that are being taught here are self awareness and recognition of emotions that we experience.
3). I would use this book to expand the children's vocabulary and to help give them words to use, so that in the future they can describe and express how the feel. I liked that this book was created by a Chicago artist who created so vivid pictures to help her own child express emotions other than the two children seem to know happy and sad. The pictures of facial expressions really help reinforce learning emotions and this can show children that emotion is apart of us and apart of life.

I added this book to my text set for Dr. Williams class since my topics are the exact same. This book is great for a child with autism because it doesn’t focus on one emotion but various emotions of what a child with autism may feel. Janan Cain has given children the language to express their emotions—not only through her choice of words but through the use of vibrant colors, mood-enhancing illustrations, and the font and flow of the words, some of which weave across the page. Children who have autism may have lower social-emotional skills than their peers, so this book allows them to see how the character relates to them. The various emotions are introduced to help students better identify with how they’re feeling, rather than being told how they feel. In Ways to Analyze Children’s Books for Ableism by Chloe Myers, she states that “a child can form a positive self-image by seeing characters who look like them or go through the same things they do” (Myers, 2009, p. 4). In this book, regardless of disability, the reader is able to understand and relate to the character in a positive way because they speak on various emotions and feelings children may endure on a daily basis. The emotions showcased aren't presented in a lectured way, but in a understanding, encouraging way to the young readers.

This book has all the feels! Well, a lot of them anyway. If I had a kidlet this is the book I’d be choosing to explore feelings with them to help them distinguish one from another.

I love that there’s no judgement about having a specific feeling and that no feeling is labelled either good or bad. Taking us on a poetic journey through silly, scared, disappointed, happy, sad, angry, thankful, frustrated, shy, bored, excited, jealous and proud,  Janan Cain has created a wonderful tool to help kidlets to be able to identify their own and others’ feelings.

Janan’s illustrations really exemplify what each feeling can look like. From the colours used in the scene to the expressions on the kid’s faces and the font used to name the feeling, along with the scene itself, each illustration captures the feeling brilliantly.

I think my favourite illustration is the excited one. You can see the person “bouncing like a rubber ball”, with starbursts where they’ve landed. The colours are bright and the excited word with its multicoloured letters and funky squiggles looks like it too wants to jump off the page. Maybe I like this one because I’m well known for my jumping up and down excited moments, but it’s a fun feeling and like all of the other illustrations it’s gorgeous.

There’s even a page for parents at the end of the book to help guide discussions with their child about their feelings.

I found this book at my local library (yay libraries!). I’m definitely going to make a point of telling my librarians how cool this book is.

The Way I Feel by Janan Cain associates with the genre of contemporary realistic fiction. The book won the 2008 Creative Child Magazine’s “Book of the Year” award. The age group for the book is intended for young preschoolers to third grade. The book shows a simple yet realistic depiction of different emotions/ feelings that’s neither “good” nor “bad”. It educates on how to identify emotions ranging from being silly, scared, happy, sad, angry, excited, etc. and how to express feelings in a positive manner. I rated this story a five because it does an amazing job exploring the concept of emotions and includes scenarios behind each feeling. I would highly recommend reading this story to children -- especially children with autism because it allows them to learn new vocabulary, how to interact, communicate and behave with others on a day-to-day basis. Lastly, the illustrations were fun to look at with the cartoonish style approach and I also appreciate how the author connects color with each emotion, for instance silly has a bright colorful palette in comparison with the scared depiction because it's more of a darker color palette with cool tones.

Clown-like illustrations accompany clumsily rhymed text describing emotions in a somewhat child friendly way.

I remember reading this book when I was younger. I think I still remember reading this book because of the cover. The cover is a great attention grabber which is why I think it would do well in the classroom. The Way I Feel goes through many emotions and how you feel and act when you are in that type of mood. The text on all of the pages reflects the mood that is being described which I love! For Silly, the words go up and down, for happy, the page is filled with bright colors such as yellow, pink, and orange. The theme within this book is emotions and how to identify these emotions and communicate with others how they are feeling.
I really like this book because it helps children understand that emotions are apart of all of us and it is normal to feel a lot of emotions. The illustrations did an amazing job of illustrating what emotion was being portrayed. My favorite emotions were happy and shy. When I was reading these pages, I could feel myself smiling. I know that a lot of children become shy when they are around strangers and thought that this book is perfect as a mirror and a window for children. The multitude of colors throughout this book pave the way to showing children what colors are associated to what emotion.
I like this book because I think it does a great job of explaining what you may feel when you feel a specific emotion which can help children explain how they are feeling. A lot of times, children cry because they do not know how to communicate with you on how they are feeling. This book would be perfect for preschool to about first grade. This book also rhymes which I believe it makes it easy to read. I recommend this book in the classroom and the home because it allows adults to explain to children that if they are feeling a certain way, to use their words. The words within this book are easy to understand.

The book "The Way I Feel" by Janan Cain is a photographic work that delves into several emotions using uncomplicated rhymes and vivid graphics. This book guides young readers through a diverse variety of emotions including amusement, fear, dissatisfaction, joy, sorrow, rage, gratitude, frustration, timidity, boredom, enthusiasm, envy, and satisfaction. By combining eloquent lines and vivid images, the objective is to assist children in recognizing, comprehending, and affirming their own emotional encounters. I would rate The Way I Feel with a 5-star rating. This tool is an outstanding resource for developing emotional literacy in young children. It provides feelings in a direct and unbiased manner, without passing judgment. The language by Cain is both straightforward and effective, complemented with emotive images that elegantly bring each feeling to life in a realistic manner. The book exalts the universality and significance of all emotions, refraining from categorizing them as either "positive" or "negative." The book fosters self-awareness and empathy in young children by equipping them with the vocabulary to identify and understand various emotional states. The structure of this resource is engaging and easy to understand, making it a great tool for caregivers to initiate discussions about emotions. Additionally, the incorporation of a parental guide serves as a great asset. Overall, The Way I Feel is a remarkable and well-crafted piece of art that effectively addresses the need for social-emotional learning in children. It is warm, insightful, and produced with great skill. The book's exceptional quality is in its capacity to authenticate every aspect of human emotions, which deeply connects with young readers, making it an exceptional and essential addition to any child's collection of books. A compassionate and influential book that should be readily available to every parent, teacher, and caregiver.

Summary: This picture book describes and identifies different types of feelings. It encourages readers to express their feelings. It shines a light on how both children and adults have emotions. Cain provides kid-friendly definitions of several complicated feelings.

Evaluation: This book is great for a wide range of ages. Everyone struggles with the selected emotions and need help in describing how they feel. The colorful illustrates and whimsically written text will keep any kid engaged.

Teaching: This book is perfect for a social skills lesson on emotions. Another concept you could teach with this book is how to use your schema to make connections to a text.