Marcy's Having All the Feels was such a cute book! I really enjoyed the illustrations. They were vibrant and colorful. And such a fun book for kids to learn about their different feelings. It will teach them in a fun way that we all aren'g going to be happy every single moment of our life and that is perfectly ok. The author did a great job with the message of this book. I will definitely be buying it for my grandson!!

I was a little concerned that this book would be over-written and full of modern thinking about talking through our emotions and needing therapy even at a young age. I need not have worried. Alison Edwards has written a balanced and practical book for young minds - age range 7-12 years. I also liked the tips for parents and teachers that were free from jargon and brought simple aspects of supporting kids with feelings within everyone’s capabilities.
With the children in mind the author has been blessed by the work of illustrator Valeria Decampo who gets it and is able to put into pictures the vast range of feelings that invade Mercy’s day.
She is able to humanise the moods into different sizes and colour that we can see. Mercy sees them to and talks to them throughout her day.
I also like Marcy’s dog who is a wonderful reflection of his mistress and lives every moment of this young girl’s rollercoaster life.
“Marcy wanted to be happy. Happy is ALL she wanted to be.”
This is the start of the book which goes on to explain and show why all our feelings can be seen as important and those we don’t like actually make us better people if we see and gain the positive rewards those emotions can bring. So we read “It is normal to feel sad.” ... and Marcy learns “and Sad could help her feel empathy for others.”
Liked it much more than I thought I would, confident to share it with young people as believe it will help them to acknowledge and master their feelings.
For me never too old to learn. ‘Never judge a book by its cover.’

This is a beautifully illustrated book meant to help children recognize their feelings and how they are all necessary, even the negative ones. It was realistic in the types of situations elementary children will find themselves in and gave good information on why it's best to acknowledge how you feel and let those feelings roll through you. I recommend this book and feel it is best read and discussed with an adult.

This is a sweet book that helps children understand and manage their emotions.
Who doesn't want to be happy all the time? But in this book children learn that feeling and experiencing ALL emotions makes them be a more well rounded person.
This book can create great conversations with young ones. And the beautifully drawn pictures will help hold their attention. I highly recommend!

In this sweet story, we see Marcy's feelings as walking, colourful beings like in Inside Out.

Through the story, Marcy comes to accept that each feeling has a valuable role and she learns to embrace them all.

This book is beautifully drawn and a joy to read as well as helping children to explore their feelings.