The Feel Good Book | 
| Author: Todd Parr
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 189923
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 9.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0316155659
EAN: 9780316155656
ASIN: 0316155659
Publication Date: May 1, 2004
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Amazon.com Review
In an ideal world, a primer on feeling good just wouldn't be necessary. But thankfully, the jubilantly goofy Todd Parr knows that we could all use a tip or two from time to time, no matter how old we are.p Just as he did in IDo's and Don'ts/I, IThe Okay Book/I, and his other titles (16 and counting), Parr keeps it super simple, with fat lines, bold colors, and a repetitively cheery, often silly message. His words get some smiles here and there ("Brushing your hair with a lion feels good," "Making sounds like a monkey feels good"), but it's the vibrant, uncluttered, kid-style illustrations and the way that Parr juxtaposes them with the text that makes this book such fun. "Making a new friend" accompanies a fat, happy pig holding hands with a skunk sporting a thin red smile; "Watching your grandma and grandpa dance feels good" sits above a couple of funky, freaky grandparents doing a dance that can only be described as "the Keith Haring."p Parr closes the book a little philosophically, with a handwritten "Love, Todd" note: "It feels good to think about all the things that make you feel good. Rubbing my dog's tummy makes me feels good--and him, too. What things make you feel good?" In a kids' book, it's easy for simple to become simply insubstantial, but Parr's enthusiasm carries the day--and if you Ican/I be made to feel good, you will. (Ages 4 to 8) I--Paul Hughes/I
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In an ideal world, a primer on feeling good just wouldn't be necessary.But thankfully, the jubilantly goofy Todd Parr knows that we could all use a tipor two from time to time, no matter how old we are.Just as he did in Do's andDon'ts, The OkayBook, and his other titles (16 and counting), Parr keeps it supersimple, with fat lines, bold colors, and a repetitively cheery, often sillymessage. His words get some smiles here and there ("Brushing your hair with alion feels good," "Making sounds like a monkey feels good"), but it's thevibrant, uncluttered, kid-style illustrations and the way that Parr juxtaposesthem with the text that makes this book such fun. "Making a new friend"accompanies a fat, happy pig holding hands with a skunk sporting a thin redsmile; "Watching your grandma and grandpa dance feels good" sits above a coupleof funky, freaky grandparents doing a dance that can only be described as "theKeith Haring."Parr closes the book a little philosophically, with a handwritten "Love, Todd"note: "It feels good to think about all the things that make you feel good.Rubbing my dog's tummy makes me feels good--and him, too. What things make youfeel good?" In a kids' book, it's easy for simple to become simplyinsubstantial, but Parr's enthusiasm carries the day--and if you can bemade to feel good, you will. (Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes
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 Another great Todd Parr book March 31, 2008
My kids love all the Todd Parr books. What I like about this one is that it encourages them to think about the activities and people that make them feel good, and reminds them about how so many everyday activities are fun!
THE FEEL GOOD BOOK February 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am a Kindergarten teacher, and I use "The Feel Good Book" for a Health lesson. This book is so motivating, and it's excitingly colorful with fantastic pictures that go along with the mentioned feeling on that page. The illustrations look child drawn and really catch your eye. If possible, the children and I act out the gesture after reading each page. For example, the second page states that "Eating carrots with a bunny feels good"; the students and I would pretend to eat carrots and smile. If the children know the words that I am reading, I allow them to join me (children love to read along with a teacher!). After the book is read, we recall and retell what made the characters in the book feel good. I then ask them what makes them feel good. They are to hold that thought in their mind and write it on paper and draw/color a supporting illustration. I then collect all of the student's papers, and put together our class' very own feel good book!
We love Todd Parr! February 9, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We are big fans of Todd Parr's work. We give his books as gifts as much as possible. Great positive and simple life messages in all his books.
 The Feel Good Book November 10, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I use this book in my children's psychiatric inpatient groups as an intro to our lesson on remembering things that feel good and give pleasure. They love talking about the pleasures they have experienced and recalling that there is happiness in their lives....positive psychology approach.
I love the feel good book October 8, 2004
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love the feel good book! This book deserves five stars and makes me feel good! When I am sad I want to cry and that makes me feel good. When I want to hug someone I hug and that makes me feel good. This book touches my heart and hopefully it will touch yours. br /Eunace B. age-11br /
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