
Emotions
Owl and Dog Playbooks (Publisher)
Published on 23. April 2026
Book
Hardback
30 pages
978-1-8382520-3-8 (ISBN)
Description
Every face tells the story you give it.
This word-free picture book supports early emotional literacy through shared observation, interpretation, and conversation. Designed for pre-school children, each spread features a bold, colourful, and abstract face-like composition that sparks curiosity rather than prescribing meaning.
With no text and no fixed emotions, the book encourages children to project their own feelings and experiences onto the images. Parents, caregivers, and educators are invited to ask open-ended questions; What do you see? How does this face make you feel? Why might it feel that way?; creating flexible, age-appropriate conversations that grow with the child.
Made for shared reading moments. Because the illustrations remain intentionally ambiguous, the book can be revisited again and again, with new interpretations emerging over time.
Ideal for homes, early years settings, and therapeutic or educational environments, this book offers a gentle, playful way to develop emotional awareness, language, and empathy; through dialogue, imagination, and connection rather than instruction.
Sturdy board covers make it easy to display its friendly colourful face on the shelf.
This word-free picture book supports early emotional literacy through shared observation, interpretation, and conversation. Designed for pre-school children, each spread features a bold, colourful, and abstract face-like composition that sparks curiosity rather than prescribing meaning.
With no text and no fixed emotions, the book encourages children to project their own feelings and experiences onto the images. Parents, caregivers, and educators are invited to ask open-ended questions; What do you see? How does this face make you feel? Why might it feel that way?; creating flexible, age-appropriate conversations that grow with the child.
Made for shared reading moments. Because the illustrations remain intentionally ambiguous, the book can be revisited again and again, with new interpretations emerging over time.
Ideal for homes, early years settings, and therapeutic or educational environments, this book offers a gentle, playful way to develop emotional awareness, language, and empathy; through dialogue, imagination, and connection rather than instruction.
Sturdy board covers make it easy to display its friendly colourful face on the shelf.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Illustrations
40
Dimensions
Height: 305 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
302 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-8382520-3-8 (9781838252038)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Yeonju Yang and Claudio Ripol bring together their shared love of toy design and illustration to create books that function as play objects. Over the past ten years, they have produced 14 titles, experimenting with inventive formats and working alongside writers, illustrators, and architects. Their work has received wide recognition within the industry and has earned multiple awards.