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Recognizing and interpreting facial expressions and the feelings they represent poses great challenges for children with language and communication difficulties, including those with an autism spectrum disorder. This strikingly illustrated book helps young readers link faces to feelings by presenting situations they can all relate to. Each page spread is devoted to a feeling expressed through an exaggerated facial expression accompanied by a short poem that further elaborates on the expression to reinforce its meaning.
Catherine S. Snodgrass was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. In middle school her painting of Times Square was selected to exhibit in a renowned Museum of Art. After being accepted into an exclusive NYC art school, followed by an extensive career in the publishing industry, she now writes and illustrates her own children’s books which include the Ben Franklin Award nominated “Super Silly Sayings That Are Over Your Head,” and “What’s That Look On Your Face?.” Catherine and her family now live in California.