Rating: 
(75 reviews)
Author: Jamie Lee Curtis
Publisher: Joanna Cotler
Product Description
Today I feel silly. Mom says it’s the heat. I put rouge on the cat and gloves on my feet. I ate noodles for breakfast and pancakes at night. I dressed like a star and was quite a sight. Today I am sad, my mood’s heavy and gray. There’s a frown on my face and it’s been there all day. My best friend and I had a really big fight. She said that I tattled and I know that she’s right.Silly, cranky, excited, or sad–everyone has moods that can change each day. Jamie Lee Curtis’s zany and touching verse, paired with Laura Cornell’s whimsical and original illustrations, helps kids explore, identify, and, even have fun with their ever-changing moods. Here’s another inspired picture book from the bestselling author-illustrator team of Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born and When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old’s Memoir of Her Youth.
Amazon.com
Jamie Lee Curtis has starred in many movies, but she says that the children’s books she has written mean more to her than any of her films. She and artist Laura Cornell have previously collaborated on two bestselling books: Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born and When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old’s Memoir of Her Youth. This time, we follow a little girl with curly red hair through 13 different moods, beginning with silly: “Today I feel silly. / Mom says it’s the heat. I put rouge on the cat / and gloves on my feet.” Of course, silly soon turns to grumpy and mean… to excited… to confused, and so on. Recognizing one’s own mood swings is a developmental milestone, one that some adults haven’t yet mastered! Cornell’s watercolor illustrations–wildly expressive and energetic–effectively capture the volatility of our redheaded star. Whether she is happy or mad or dancing a solo in jazz, she is always “full of pizzazz,” and this book is, too. A clever mood wheel on the last page allows young readers to change the little girl’s expression–both her eyes and mouth. This is silly fun with a smart lesson for children from ages 4 to 8. –Marcie Bovetz
5 Comments
The great colorful impressionistic illustrations by Cornell and the catchy sing-along prose of Curtis make this book a delight to children. Each page has a mood and a poem. On the confused page, you have to turn the book sideise to read it, and all of the moods are artistically conveyed. there’s even a cool page at the end that let’s you change the girl’s mood. Young girls will especially enjoy this short read.
J. Lyon Layden
The Other Side of Yore
This is a great book, my daughter is only 2 and it is a little long for her. Instead of reading it word for word we look at the pictures and talk about that feeling. The end of the book a wheel with different eyes and mouths we think is fun too!!
I really like all of the books I have read by Ms. Curtis. The message and the rhymes are great. The illustrations are also very cute. My daughter liked the emotions wheel at the back, and it has been helpful in talking with her about different feelings.
Christine Mitchell, author and illustrator of Welcome Home, Forever Child: A Celebration of Children Adopted as Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Beyond
This is a great book to read to your children. I teach 9th graders and read it to them and they love it. It is a really great choice!
Great book to discuss feelings and moods with a child. My daughter likes this book very much and the main character is adorable. We both love the rhyme and illustrations. Great book for 3 year olds and up.