I Know Sad

Children learn to recognize and cope with feeling sad, lonely, or disappointed.

A young feelings detective looks for clues, both physical and emotional, to identify sadness, loneliness, and disappointment in themselves and in others. The child uses a special notebook to draw their feelings and identify how they feel. By noticing the clues, the feelings detective also helps a friend who feels lonely and finds a new plan to overcome their own disappointment.

We Find Feelings Clues
Increase children's emotion vocabulary and boost their emotional literacy. This series helps children learn how to find, notice, and use a variety of clues to identify and name their emotions and those of others. Clues are found in facial expressions and body language, sensations within the body, and knowledge of past experiences. After identifying an emotion, children also learn how they can feel better when their emotions are overwhelming. Each book features a child using the tool of the feelings detective notebook to record their feelings through drawings and words. Additional information and strategies on recognizing and dealing with feelings are included at the back of each book.