Primeros amigos: Las emociones / First Friends: Feelings (Spanish and English Edition)

Join a childcare classroom at lunchtime as they experience different emotions! It's time for lunch! Some friends are feeling cranky, frustrated, or downright hangry. But caring friends and teachers help everyone deal with their big feelings. Bilingual Spanish edition. . Introduces different feelings words in a relatable, humorous situation . Shows a diverse cast of toddlers going through their daily routines at childcare . End notes review feelings words and invite children to practice guessing the emotion on each face AGES: 1 to 3 AUTHOR: Mk Smith Despres is the author of the First Friends board book series, as well as Night Song and There's That Sun Again, and was named a 2024 Green Box Artist in Residence. Mk has worked as an educator for over 15 years with kids and adults with disabilities. They write, teach, and read lots of books with their family in western Massachusetts, USA. Xuan Le is an illustrator based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. After graduating with a degree in graphic design from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts, she pursued a full-time career in illustration, focusing on picture books. Her artwork is inspired by nature, often featuring people or homes nestled in stunning landscapes. In her spare time, Xuan enjoys experimenting with paper crafts and various materials around her home, adding a fun twist to her creative projects. SELLING POINTS: . BILINGUAL: Written in bilingual Spanish for dual-language learners . SERIES: The First Friends series introduces readers to a repeating cast of children in a childcare classroom, with each book focusing on a different early learning concept. . EARLY LEARNING CONCEPTS: Introduces emotions in an engaging, age-appropriate format. . SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING: Gentle social-emotional storyline shown in the artwork depicts children at mealtime and dealing with emotions like frustration and disappointment. . DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE ILLUSTRATIONS: The class of 8 toddlers and 2 grownups features a variety of skin tones and body shapes, a child with noise-reducing headphones, and a child who uses forearm crutches. . DAILY ROUTINE / CHILDCARE SETTING: This story focuses on lunchtime, a relatable part of the daily routine at childcare. . INTERACTIVE: The final spread shows kids feeling different emotions so that readers can identify what different feelings look like. . AUTHOR: Written by Mk Smith Despres an educator for kids and adults with disabilities and a 2024 Green Box Artist in Residence.