I purchased this book to support the teaching of social skills in my Year 1 classroom. At the time, we were learning about recognising and understanding the feelings of others. The beautifully written and illustrated story provided a wonderful opportunity to discuss the clues we can look for in people's body language, words and actions to help us identify how they might be feeling.
The book also introduced some rich vocabulary, which we explored and discussed as we read. The students were highly engaged with the story and have since asked to read it again and again. They were especially fascinated to learn that I taught the author when she was in primary school!
Well done Sinead on creating such an engaging, thoughtful and meaningful story. It was a valuable resource for both literacy and social-emotional learning in our classroom and homes.
