A to Z--Do You Ever Feel Like Me?
Kindergarten-Grade 2-From angry to zany, readers are asked to guess the feelings demonstrated by the children in the crisp, full-color photos. If that were all the book attempted-exploring and naming feelings-it would probably be successful. However, Hausman incorporates too many concepts within its pages. There is the guessing of the emotion from the child's four-or-five line clue and an "I Spy" border of objects and words beginning with the featured letter on each page. An appendix gives an alphabetical listing of the objects to be found for each letter and names the emotion, but does not define or explain it. The text is uneven-some of the children's "stories" that act as clues are in rhyme, while others are not. And in order to include an emotion for every letter, there are some feelings children will not be able to put a name to, such as "vanity" or "queasiness." While the idea behind this book is worthwhile, there is too much else going on for it to really stand out.Susan Marie Pitard, Weezie Library for Children, Nantucket Atheneum, MACopyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.