The Colour Monster: The Feelings Doctor and the Emotions Toolkit The latest picture book in the bestselling The Colour Monster series, that encourages conversations about consent, mental health and wellbeing. One day, Nuna was in a situation where she didn't know how to say no and it left her feeling strange and confused. The Color Monster: A Pop-Up Book of Feelings, authored by Anna Llenas, has become a cherished resource for young readers and their families.
Discover how "The Colour Monster" helps children identify and manage their feelings through vibrant illustrations and a simple color. A primary goal when reading The Color Monster is to help children identify different emotions and recognize that having many feelings is normal. The story uses color symbolism and descriptive language to represent feelings like happiness, sadness, anger, fear, and calm.
After reading the book, teachers can discuss the colors and emotions presented. Are you feeling a bit mixed up right now? Is your family on a roller coaster of lockdown emotions? Here's a charming monster that can help you out: The Colour Monster - 'an approachable way for kids to identify feelings.' (School Library Journal). The Color Monster is a book written and illustrated by Anna Llenas.
The book is perfect for kids, and there are lots of colorful pictures in it. In addition, its plot has a very original twist. In the story, the color monster has a big mess of emotions and has to untangle them.
Children are hooked on this story from the first page because the emotions are so visual. With this book, they'll. The Color Monster, a story about emotions by Anna Llenas The Color Monster by Anna Llenas teaches abour big emotions in a simple way for young children.
In the story, an adorable monster has mixed-up feelings and the author helps to sort them out. Happiness is like the sun, anger is a burning fire, and calm is like the leaves swaying in the wind. The monster goes through a journey of colours, both positive and negative, exploring each one in turn and has accurate matching facial expressions! The last page (The colour Monster in love), also ends with a question to promote further discussion.
As an art link, the pictures can easily be copied by children and turned in to an effective display. A small girl narrates the story, and begins by introducing her friend, the colour monster. He's feeling all mixed up and very confused, and the girl explains that it is because his feelings (and colours) are 'all stirred together'.
The girl begins a mission to help her friend recognise and separate his feelings (and put each one in a jar so they can look properly at them). She assigns a. Each colour represents a feeling I fell in love with The Colour Monster whilst at work and it's such a beautiful story and explains feelings in a way that children can understand and visualise in their own minds, allowing them to explore their own feelings and those of the people around them in a fun and easy to digest way.