Curiosity climbs to the highest branch of a tree. Joy bounces on a trampoline. Gratitude warms you like a woolly jumper…
What Feelings Do When No One’s Looking is a stunning, charming and brilliantly inventive picturebook about the feelings that live inside us, sure to provoke many fascinating conversations with any child.
Reviews:
"This gentle book explores feelings ranging from joy and anger, nostalgia and compassion, longing and bliss. Oziewicz’s thought- provoking text paired with Zając’s softly rendered troupe of creatures encourage readers to identify their complex feelings and consider what feelings do to and for us."
—School Library Journal“Each feeling described here—gratitude, envy, nostalgia and the like—takes the shape of a quirky monster. A few of the creatures resemble hedgehogs or owls; some have rounded noses and others pointed ones . . . We see Bliss zonked out in an oversize armchair, its frilled ears splayed wide and a beatific smile on its little gray face. Envy wears a spiteful expression as it crushes flowers underfoot . . . [The book’s creators] suggest that while children should beware the negative feelings that lurk within, they should remember that positive emotions are there too, ready to kindle an inner light when no one’s looking.”
–Meghan Cox Gurdon, Wall Street Journal