Some Days are Chocolate Pudding Pie Days

Synopsis: “‘Some days are chocolate pudding pie days.   
Kites up in the sky days.  
Jumping super high days.’

This rhyming picture book—from the author of the bestselling I Wanna Iguana series and Miles of Smiles—is a moving, powerful, delightful exploration of a child’s shifting feelings.

Come along and follow a year in the life of a young boy and girl as they discover their many different and ever-changing emotions, including joy, fear, anger, jealousy, excitement, pride, disappointment, loneliness, and contentment. As children read about “angels in the snow days” as well as “need my mommy now days,” they’ll begin to understand how to cope with both positive and negative feelings.

Review: I adore this book. A story that is full of rhythm and rhyme, but also full of feelings beyond just happy and sad. This is a great story to open a discussion on different types of feelings and emotions and ways to understand them at a young age. Little kids experience big emotions, but adults don’t always help kids to understand that those feelings are okay to have and how to work through them. A book like this can really help to identify the array of emotions kids feel. I love the examples given like “Some days are picking out a pup days.” or “Some days are Mommy makes a fuss days.”

The illustrations are soft with a beautiful color palette and adorable children. And perfectly portray the emotions of the story. I also like how the story passes through time as the seasons change and different emotions appear – happy summer days playing at the beach, snow angels in winter and so much more.

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Title: Some Days
Author: Karen Kaufman Orloff
Illustrator: Ziyue Chen
Publisher: Sterling Publishing
Publication Date: March 5, 2019
Page Number: 40 pgs.