Interactive, straight-forward guide to what emotions are, where they come from, and how everyone experiences them differently. Full of real-world examples set up to show empathy, compassion, and a message of “You’re Not Alone”.
Readers are almost guaranteed to be more emotionally intelligent after finishing this book. Nearly everyone is likely to have learned something new from reading this, no matter how much they have studied the subject.
Incredibly comprehensive lists of emotions and the various ways they show themselves. With detailed explanations in simple terms for the science behind emotions, and different strategies to help deal with them.
A wonderful look at the complexities that make up the human body and brain - and how that varies from person to person, but especially for autistics.
I would absolutely love to see a version of this book on grief.

I wish I’d had this book series when I was growing up. As an AuDHD Mama with two daughters with an Autism diagnosis, and a young baby potentially also on the spectrum, I feel this is such an important series. Both for neurodivergent people, and neurotypical people for better being able to understand neurodivergent people.

This book was great for suggestions for coping skills for social interactions. Some of the things as an adult I still struggle with, and so it was immensely helpful to have some new tips I can implement, and help teach my kids, too. I am so grateful to both authors for writing this book.

I hope having these tools will make my children’s lives a little easier than mine was, in both social interactions and determining true friends from toxic friends, coping with Autism overwhelm, and being to love themselves as they are.

This provided a variety of helpful and healthy tools to be able to deal with hyperfocus, decision fatigue, sensory overloads, meltdowns or shutdowns, and executive dysfunction.

This is super helpful guide for teachers and parents as well as therapists to assist the children who are learning about their feelings. It gave concrete examples by using animals and scenarios that help children understand or get a tip of understanding of the feelings. It helps that the examples are simple and straightforward, then turn around and ask the children themselves what they think. That exercise helps identify the feelings and what they're supposed to be. There are quite a few examples so you do have to parse the lessons apart.

Thank you NetGalley & John Murray Press | Jessica Kingsley Publishers for the ARC.

A really great concept, and a really clever way of explaining common emotions and feelings to autistic children. The interactivity of the book means that each child can think about what works for them, as opposed to just providing a list of potential coping skills that may not suit their needs.

Appropriately paced, and in a good level of detail for the age range.

This is my second book by this author and I’ll probably read many more. I loved reading this with my son. The break down of each emotion was so amazing and it gave us the opportunity to start conversations about these deep topics. I also loved the examples that each chapter brought as well as the conversation starting questions at the end! What a great resource for autistic kids, but honestly, this would be a great read for any kid trying to understand the complexity of emotions!

I’m neurodivergent, AHDH, and I think these books are an excellent way to help autistic people in their travel to self-discovery and living to the best
Highly Recommended
Many thanks to the publisher for this copy, all opinions are mine

Where was this book when I was small?
I've recently discovered I'm autistic, and after struggling my whole life, it's something I'm coming to terms with. Yes, this book is technically meant for kids. But it was enjoyable for me at the ripe age of 25. It's very simple, but practical and straightforward.
It's helped me shape some conversations with my little brother who's also on the ASD journey. It's a great read and I'd recommend to anyone who suspects they may be autistic and are struggling with their emotions

Thank you so much Netgalley and Jessica Kingsley Publishers for the opportunity. As someone with family members and kids with both ADHD and autism, this book really resonated with me. I love the use of describing the different emotions, the techniques and the little activities to do. I also really loved Min and their headphones.

This book is a fantastic resource for young readers! I truly appreciate how it simplifies complex emotions in a way that’s easy to understand and fun. The authors (especially Min the meerkat!) do a wonderful job helping children grasp their feelings without overwhelming them. The tips and tricks are perfect for helping kids find their comfort zone when emotions feel overwhelming. (I can say that this book somehow works for me too! I love gaining new experiences and knowledge!)

As a special ed teacher of almost 20 years and now mom to an autistic 9 year old, I absolutely loved this book. it did a really great job breaking down emotions into bite sized chunks and using understandable terms. I liked the bulleted lists of what you might be feeling with each specific emotion. I also liked the small reflective exercises that are throughout the book that allow kids to reflect on how they feel and how they might react as well as determine how they can support themselves emotionally. I have ordered the set to work through with my own son and will be recommending the series to fellow educators and autism parents.

This was my favourite of the three guides by the authors. I have learned loads and will definitely reuse and recommend the tips to the young people and parents I support in my job.

A very good activity book for autistic children about recognising and working with their emotions and feelings.
At the core lies accepting them and being in more tune with them and the strategies for being more empowered are helpful.

It was such a cozy book! I'm not autistic nor neurodivergent, but it still helped me, like with explaining what you can feel during certain emotions. I really like how there were a lot of examples of experiencing different emotions. The book mostly focuses on anxiety, but the authors described everything so thoughtfully and in details. The language is really simple, perfect, it's written in such a way that everyone will understand it. For someone who likes children and would like to work with neurodivergent ones, this book was really helpful tohelp me understand them better.

As an occupational therapist, I am always looking for new ways to present and strengthen social emotional learning. I appreciated how this book used animals to help increase the interest in the topic. All the different factors were explained so well and had coordinating activities to help reinforce the ideas. It was kept light bright and wasn’t over wordy. This could easily be incorporated into sessions or designed into a program for a teacher to use in her classroom. I hope to read the other books. This could really be a helpful tool for any child struggling with social emotional learning.

I really liked this! As an adult who works with neurodiverse children I learnt a lot from this and can see how it may benefit many of the students I work with. I had never heard of the term nociception before, but found it so interesting diving more into the senses and emotions!