Emma: A BabyLit® Emotions Primer (BabyLit Classics)

I bought this book and other like for my grand daughter. She’s too young to read them now but one I’m hoping she’ll come to appreciate them. These books introduce little ones to adult classics. In addition, they introduce colors, shapes, numbers, emotions as well as interactions with others, etc. They are made of thick paperboard that hopefully will last a long time and hopefully install a love for reading. I bought several titles and intend on buying more in hopes to create her own little library.

I love the Babylit Primers, and I love Jane Austen. This was a no brainer.The text is very, very simple. If you don't expect that, this will be disappointing. The Babylit primer series is geared for babies under 2, exposing them to basic life concepts (numbers, sounds, colors, etc.). This one is about emotions. Each two-page spread features a brightly colored character from Emma making some facial expression and a caption, like "Harriet is sad."My 2yo still loves this book and my 4yo, who has memorized the words, likes to sit and "read" it to her. There's so much value in that interaction, and it's facilitated by the simplicity of the language and the gorgeousness of the illustrations.

We absolutely adore the Baby Lit Primer books and I think, at the moment, we have every one in the collection so far. I was REALLY looking forward to this one, though, and it was the first we read when the newest batch of books came in the mail. These books are great for short attention spans (common in toddlers) as well as introducing ideas in a simplistic way to help toddlers develop new understanding of various concepts. The "feelings primer" was a hit with my mostly-non-verbal two-year-old, who did bring me the book and say "book" and pointed to the name (after I told her what it said) and said "Emma". This primer kept her attention from start to finish, and the bright, colorful, sturdy pages were beautifully illustrated and covered a variety of well-depicted emotions. A must have for all babylit fans. A must have for all toddler libraries, in fact. I would also recommend this book for children on the spectrum (having two autistic sons myself). I would give more than 5 stars for this one if I could. This is our new favorite!

This is one of my favorite Baby Lit books. Each page has a character that depicts an emotion and a color. It’s a really fun book for emotionally dramatic reading. My two year old has enjoyed this book, and it’s been a great conversation starter about feelings. For example, “When do you feel happy? Sad?” She has this and one other emotion book with photos of faces. Between the two books, she has developed an important skill set for recognizing emotions in herself and others, an advanced skill for her age. This book could also be used to learn colors and names for facial features (as I am currently using it for my 3 month old). It could be used in counseling offices in addition to the smily faces poster (“How are you feeling today?”) As a school psychologist intern, I have even used this book with a student on the Autism Spectrum in Kindergarten to introduce a unit on emotional self-regulation. The ability to identify emotions is an important precursor to applying positive coping skills when dealing with life challenges, and I heartily recommend this book.

I'very never seen an emotions primer before, but it makes sense that there should be one. This is pretry strait forward in that it mentions a character from the book Emma, and then says how they are feeling with an illustration on the following page. It's nice to teach children emotional literacy in board book format before they hit the toddler meltdown stage. My kid can understand, but can't communicate yet and I use this book to try to help her navigate her moods.Does it work? She's one, so... no. But I'm convinced that it will.

My 2yo son LOVES this book - he calls it "happy" and asks to read it multiple times a day. To me, the colors are a little weird because they are so bright, but he just loves looking at all of the pages and practicing the emotions with us. He learned "happy", "angry" & "surprised" after only a few read-throughs and I'm finding it very helpful to bring up when he is out of sorts and about to throw a tantrum.

My 12-month-old daughter absolutely loves this one. It's very simple—so simple that I thought she wouldn't like it. I was completely wrong! This is her favorite book! She LOVES looking at the expressions of the people, and for some reason, the first page always makes her laugh. Her love for this book is incredibly sweet. We have BabyLit's Jane Eyre, which my daughter used to like, but she far prefers Emma.Several times now (and we've only had the book about one week), she has found the book and brought it to me so that I'd read it to her again. Personally, I liked their Jane Eyre better, but my baby has clearly shown her preference!

Very cute and my daughter enjoys flipping through the pages and identifying each emotion.