Relates things that make people feel good.

This book is bright and colorful and the characters are simple and thicker “stick” people. You will also find a cat, dog, alligator and worm that show that it feels good to do things and it feels good to make others feel good. Parr even says that it feels good to cry when you are sad. This book is full of emotions and feelings and it will make you feel good reading it.

"The Feel Good Book" is an affectionate book that shares how doing nice things for someone else feels good. There are, however, many limitations that hinder this book's ability to be an effective book that students will enjoy reading. First, the sentence structure is very repetitive, proceeding in the following manner: "Saying I love you in sign language feels good, making a new friend feels good". It does nothing to challenge and push the readers to learn about/explore a new topic. It will most likely bore the reader instead. Second, this book has no plot. While that is not necessarily a bad thing, it means that the book has no organizational structure or flow. Third, the book talks about politeness and civility from a self-satisfying and self-serving perspective. The book tells the reader that things like sharing feels good, while not showing the reader how it feels to the recipient of said generosity. It does, however, have a pretty powerful message: the simple things in life often bring the most joy. ( )

This book explains to kids all kinds of ways to feel good. It has a great message and colorful fun drawings sure to delight any child.
This book reminds me of the warm feeling I got when reading "Happiness is a Warm Puppy" by Charles Schultz as a child. One of my special education students loves Todd Parr's colorful illustrations and checks out one of his books each time we visit the school library.
Classroom connection: Feelings, Emotions ( )

Media: Markers
Genre: Fiction
Review: This is a good fiction book because it is talking about things that could happen however it did not happen nor are the people and animals in it real. The book lists off many different things that could make someone feel good. The pictures are bright and cheery helping to add to the theme of the book. ( )