The author is a therapeutic service provider who has several children, (some adopted) and understands the importance of addressing feelings issues. Please refer to info below.

Little Feelings/Prometheus Books
Judy Spain Barton
Illustrated by Benjamin Hummell

Now young children and adults can identify, articulate, and better understand a vast spectrum of emotions
in a simple and entertaining way.

Little Feelings, a book of richly descriptive and perceptive verse for children ages three to eight, Judy S. Barton has created a simple vehicle to help youngsters be more comfortable expressing the wide range of feelings they encounter in their early years and as they grow. The book encourages children to share these feelings, and, in doing so, acknowledge their existence. Understanding and accepting what it means to be happy, mad, scared, sad, and just plain alive are essential elements in every child's development.

Designed to be read by children on their own or with an adult, Little Feelings provides a nonthreatening means to address the importance of emotion in a child's voyage of self-discovery. Inviting and often quite funny, Little Feelings covers a broad range of emotions. Its family-oriented verse and supportive illustrations will delight young and old alike. The perfect gift for parent and child, Little Feelings will stand the test of time and pass through the generations of each caring family.

Little Feelings
JUDY SPAIN BARTON (Broomfield, CO) is a therapeutic service provider for developmentally disabled children.
50 pp (Illustrated) ISBN 1-57392-183-1. Paper Ages 3 to 8

THOUGHTS TO PONDER

Children of Darkness

Please help, for I have fallen,
Into a hell on life's far edge.
I am somewhere, deep in nowhere,
Trapped, with no escape.
There is nothing I can reach for,
No knight to set me free,
Doomed, alone, in my dark abyss,
No light embraces me.
Lost in this world forever,
To wither in this pain,
No love to heal these wounds,
No comfort to regain.
Thoughts of love and family
Consume my inner soul,
There has to be a rescue,
I can't live this pain alone.
I regret all my transgressions,
This is more than I can bear,
Please reach and try to find me,
I'm here - in foster care.

JSB

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