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"One of our most private acts, weeping can forge connection. Tears may obscure our vision, but they can also bring great clarity. And in both literature and life, weeping often opens a door to transformation or even resurrection. But many of us have been taught to suppress our emotions and hide our tears. When writer Benjamin Perry realized he hadn't cried in more than ten years, he undertook an experiment: to cry every day. But he didn't anticipate...

2) Feelings: from sadness to happiness

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Roca, Núria

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Discusses the various types of emotion, how they can change, and how to react to unwanted feelings, and suggests related activities.

3) Niko draws a feeling

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Raczka, Bob

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"No one understands the abstract pictures that Niko draws until a new friend sees the thought and feeling within his shapes and forms"--

4) I feel you: the surprising power of extreme empathy

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Beam, Cris

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"A cogent, gorgeous examination of empathy, illuminating the myths, the science, and the power behind this transformative emotion. Empathy has become a gaping fault line in American culture. Pioneering programs aim to infuse our legal and educational systems with more empathic thinking, even as pundits argue over whether we should bother empathizing with our political opposites at all. Meanwhile, we are inundated with the buzzily termed "empathic...

5) Dare to be daring

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Wallace, Chelsea Lin

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eBook, New-Book

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From dentist visits to mysterious sounds, children realize their bravery knows no bounds.

6) Atlas of the heart: mapping meaningful connection and the language of human experience

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Brown, Brené

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"In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through 85 of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. As she maps the necessary skills and lays out an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances - a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heartbreaking moments with one another in a way that...

7) Feelings

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Aliki

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Pictures, dialogs, poems, and stories portray various emotions we all feel: jealousy, sadness, fear, anger, joy, love, and others.

8) Princess Addison gets angry

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Princess Addison is angry because it is raining and she cannot go outside, but she knows what a princess does to control her emotions.

9) In my heart: a book of feelings

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Witek, Jo

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A young girl explores what different emotions feel like, such as happiness which makes her want to twirl, or sadness which feels as heavy as an elephant.

10) Too much!: an overwhelming day

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Gutiérrez, Jolene

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eBook, New-Book

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"Sometimes everything is too much! Too loud, too bright, and all too overwhelming. Writing from her own experience with sensory processing disorder, Jolene Gutiérrez's compassionate picture book explores the struggles of a sensorily sensitive child and how they settle themselves. Joined by Angel Chang's beautiful illustrations, young readers will learn that it's OK if some days are too much"--

11) Princess Sophia gets scared

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Things like spiders and talking in front of the class frighten Princess Sophia, but she knows how a princess should deal with the fear.

12) Stumbling on happiness

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Gilbert, Daniel Todd

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A witty reflection on human nature describes all that science has to tell us about the uniquely human ability to envision the future, and how likely we are to enjoy it when we get there.

13) Wild feelings

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Milgrim, David

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"Do you ever feel as stubborn as a mule? Or as chicken as a chicken? Of course you do. Looks at the normal, natural feelings we all have"--

14) Show me happy

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Allen, Kathryn Madeline

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"Explores simple actions and concepts that children learn as they start to socialize and communicate"--

15) Princess Stella gets sad

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Princess Stella is often sad, but she has learned how a princess can cheer herself up.

16) Princess Harper gets happy

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Princess Harper is a happy girl and she wants everyone in the kingdom to share in her happiness.

17) The "poor me" manual: perfecting self-pity, my own story

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Lewis, Hunter

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This is a rollicking fictional memoir that takes us through the ups and downs of the mysterious author's life. And what a life it is, full to the brim with every imaginable kind of neurotic behavior. You will often laugh out loud. But you will also learn a great deal about the emotions and about which emotional strategies work and which don't.

18) Angry is

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Miller, Connie Colwell

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"Photographs and short rhyming verses describe how it feels to be angry"--Provided by publisher.

19) Rajiv's starry feelings

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Moorjani, Niall

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"Rajiv has feelings for everything. He can feel confident. He can feel happy. He can feel silly. But today, he feels angry, and he doesn't know why. With the help of his father, he sets out on a journey to make sense of his feelings. It is a journey that will take him to a park, then up into the branches of a tree, and from there all the way to the stars . . ."--

20) Emotional intelligence

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Goleman, Daniel

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