{"id":42777,"date":"2025-03-06T06:42:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T11:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/?p=42777"},"modified":"2025-06-20T15:10:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T19:10:53","slug":"42777","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/42777\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed Feelings by Liana Finck"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mixed Feelings introduces very young children to their own complicated emotions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mixed Feelings<\/em> by Liana Finck. Rise (PRH), 2025, 38 pages.<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Reading Level<\/strong>: Picture Book, ages 0-4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recommended for<\/strong>: ages 3-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How do I feel? Mostly happy but a little sad . . . Shy and not sure why . . . Stuck inside but getting cozy . . .<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

People of any age are complex. I recall one of my homeschooling friends telling us how she heard her 4-year-old crying at night. \u201cSarah, what\u2019s wrong?\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d wailed the child. \u201cWell,\u201d said my friend, who may have been feeling a bit cynical at the time, \u201cGet used to it.\u201d If we probed our feelings beyond surface anger or pleasure, we\u2019d probably find other emotions at work as well. That\u2019s what Mixed Feelings<\/em> is about: How can a 4-year-old feel Not! Tired!<\/em> when it\u2019s time to go to bed, and yet be sound asleep five minutes later? How can a kid long to be home while at nursery school, and simultaneously distracted by a new toy? How can he be mad at everything\u2014and also a little bit hungry? Not so mysterious: feeling misunderstood. That starts early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cartoon illustrations deftly reflect the emotions going on in each double-page spread. It\u2019s a quick read-aloud, yet worth reflecting on. Might even be helpful for a child just beginning to sort out her own feelings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bottom Line<\/strong>: A humorous, sympathetic, and deceptively simple study of a child\u2019s emotional life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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