A Good Feeling | Emotions Journal for Kids (ENGLISH)

Ein Gutes Gefühl - Das Gefühlstagebuch für Kinder in der englischsprachigen Version:

You can’t start practicing mindfulness soon enough! With this heartwarming diary, children can playfully learn about their feelings, express gratitude and reflect on experiences. Additionally, it includes many pages with riddles and crafting ideas, stickers and beautiful illustrations that act as a gentle entry into the topic of self-reflection.

All feelings are good feelings!
Understand feelings, learn mindfulness, keep a journal

Understanding all important feelings

Most people only start occupying themselves with mindfulness, gratitude and their own feelings when there is a certain level of suffering. Wouldn’t it be great, if we learnt these important tools for mental health as children? Playfully, with curiosity and without distress? A Good Feeling can do exactly that and uses cute monsters to explain the 20 most important feelings in a child’s everyday life, without a moralising undertone and without judgement. Because this book has one main message: all feelings are good feelings! Also, the painful emotions like loneliness, sadness and shame have a function as they convey that something is missing or not right.

»Children get to know and learn to listen to themselves. For all children between 6 and 11 I would definitely spill this book with a watering pot«
Maria–Christina Piwowarski, book seller

Two-in-one: Gratitude and Emotions Journal

When children learn from an early age to recognise and name their feelings, a mature way of dealing with all emotions – that children, in particular, experience in an unfiltered and unexpected manner – is created. After a few days, even the youngest human beings are able to distinguish them. Ticking off which of these emotion monsters have knocked on the door during the day quickly turns into a valuable routine and helps process feelings. This ritual also creates space to talk about unpleasant things. Additionally, there is space for keeping a diary and for practicing gratitude.

»A book that gifts us a beautiful evening ritual.«
Review from Anett

Motivation guaranteed: crafting fun all about feelings

After every ten days, riddles and crafting ideas bring relaxation and motivation. Search games, colouring pictures, a poster or the wonderful emotion wheel to cut out all provide for diversion and a deeper understanding of the displayed feelings. We recommend the following crafting materials: colourful pencils, a glue stick, scissors and a brass fastener. A bookmark ribbon and a fold out page complete the book.

»Very pretty and gender-neutral design!«
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One of the most ecological children’s books ever

Our entire production, including all transport routes, is climate-neutral and takes place in Germany. We only print on 100 % recycled paper. Our printing inks are made from plant oils and are free from petroleum. Our books are bound in a third-generation family business. As we print far below the demand, we avoid overproduction. This way, no books end up in landfill. Neither does plastic foil as we never shrink-wrap our books.

Knowledge for a lifetime

A Good Feeling was developed by Jan Lenarz, founder of A Good Plan, and the renowned children and youth psycho-therapist Lena Kuhlmann. It was nominated for The Most Beautiful German Books 2021.  This is the English version. You can find the German original here.