My feelings are like wild animals!
Gary Egeberg
My feelings are like wild animals!
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
How Do I Tame Them? " a Practical Guide to Help Teens (and Former Teens) Feel and Deal with Painful Emotions
by Gary Egeberg
The text is written at a 3rd grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for younger children (ages 5–8), and the content is mild with minimal sensitive material.
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About This Book
Have you ever felt your emotions roaring like wild animals inside you? Imagine trying to calm the storm of anger, fear, and hate with a special kind of courage. Can you discover the secret to taming these wild feelings?
Themes
Quick Assessment
This story uses a Christian perspective to help young readers understand and manage challenging emotions like anger, hate, and fear. It is aimed at early readers aged 5-8 and supports emotional literacy through faith-based lessons. Parents should know that the book gently introduces religious concepts related to emotional wellbeing.
Why we rated My feelings are like wild animals! 8LE
My feelings are like wild animals! is written at a Level 3 reading level across 90 pages. Strong independent readers around grade 4.0 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, My feelings are like wild animals! works for readers up to grade 5.0.
We rate My feelings are like wild animals! as 8LE ("Light — Emotional") because the content sits in the "Mild" range — mild conflict — the kind a child encounters in normal play and sibling life. Across our four dimensions (emotional, physical, social, thematic) the book reads as evenly mild; no single dimension stands out as a concern.
No specific content flags were raised by community reviewers, which is consistent with the mild intensity score.
Thematically, My feelings are like wild animals! explores emotions, christian life, religious perspectives, and emotional literacy — 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, christian life, religious perspectives.
Maybe not for
- ! Reluctant readers who need a fast hook — the pacing here rewards patience.
For Parents
Content Intensity
8LE — Light — EmotionalLight conflict or tension. Mild peril resolved quickly.
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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
- 0809195755
- Pages
- 90
- Publisher
- Paulist Press
- Published
- 1998
- Type
- Fiction