How Are You Feeling Today?
Molly Potter
How Are You Feeling Today?
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
A Picture Book to Help Young Children Understanding Their Emotions
by Molly Potter
The text is written at a 2nd grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for younger children (ages 5–8), and the content is gentle with no concerning themes.
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About This Book
What if your feelings could talk and show you exactly what they want? Imagine discovering fun and creative ways to understand every emotion you feel—whether it's happy, mad, or even a little scared. How will you handle these feelings when they come knocking?
Themes
Quick Assessment
This early reader book helps children ages 5 to 8 recognize and manage a variety of emotions through engaging, child-friendly strategies. It offers parents practical tools and notes to support emotional learning and coping skills in young children, making it a valuable resource for emotional development without overwhelming them. The book is appropriate for early readers and focuses solely on emotional understanding, with no intense content.
Why we rated How Are You Feeling Today? 7LE
How Are You Feeling Today? is written at a Level 2 reading level across 32 pages. Strong independent readers around grade 3.0 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, How Are You Feeling Today? works for readers up to grade 4.0.
We rate How Are You Feeling Today? as 7LE ("Light — Emotional") because the content sits in the "Gentle" range — no conflict beyond everyday childhood experiences. Across our four dimensions (emotional, physical, social, thematic) the book reads as evenly gentle; no single dimension stands out as a concern.
No specific content flags were raised by community reviewers, which is consistent with the gentle intensity score.
Thematically, How Are You Feeling Today? explores emotions, family, and friendship — these threads give the book room to mean different things to different readers.
Good fit for
- ✓ Children in the Ages 5-8 range — the maturity and attention span match the story's pacing.
- ✓ Patient readers who enjoy slower, character-driven stories.
- ✓ Kids drawn to stories about emotions, family, friendship.
- ✓ Curious kids who prefer real-world topics over made-up stories.
Maybe not for
- ! Reluctant readers who need a fast hook — the pacing here rewards patience.
For Parents
Content Intensity
7LE — Light — EmotionalNo conflict beyond everyday childhood experiences. Safe for sensitive readers.
Was our "Gentle" content intensity rating accurate for this book?
Reading Insights
Hook Factor
1/10A steady, thoughtful read that rewards patient readers.
Discussion Potential
1/10A lighter read — great for independent enjoyment.
Book DNA
Multi-dimensional content fingerprint
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Details
Book Length
- ISBN
- 9781472906090
- Pages
- 32
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Published
- 2014
- Type
- Nonfiction