Inside: 30 + picture books about emotions in Spanish to help your child learn and understand their feelings.
Is your child dealing with anger issues? Or, do they always seem preoccupied and on edge?
Maybe they are easily moved to tears?
Well, today, I am bringing you a list of 30 + picture books in Spanish to help build emotional awareness in your child.
In this collection, I have started with books that cover different emotions.
Through these books, your child can learn the vocabulary of the different emotions in Spanish and begin to identify with each feeling through stories and tales.
Then, I will share a four subcategories of books that deal with certain feelings such as anger, fear, anxiety, and sadness.
I hope you find a selection on this list with which your child can relate.
I will regularly update this list as I find new books about emotions in Spanish on my constant journey to find the best and most authentic picture books in Spanish.
That said, let’s get feeling, but first, let me offer a brief introduction on the importance of emotional awareness in children.
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What is emotional awareness, and why is it important.
Emotional awareness is a set of skills to recognize and make sense of your emotions and the emotions of others.
Emotions impact just about everything in our daily life, and it is essential to begin teaching emotions to our children from an early age, even in infancy.
According to NAEYC.org,
“Children with higher emotional intelligence are better able to pay attention, are more engaged in school, have more positive relationships, and are more empathic.”
There are five pillars to emotional awareness:
- Self-Awareness: The ability to recognize our emotions.
- Self-Regulation: The ability to control our reactions to our feelings.
- Internal Motivation: The ability to think about and identify what’s causing us to feel the way we do.
- Empathy: The ability to understand the emotions of other people.
- Social Skills: Using emotional intelligence to build strong social relationships.
One way to support all five pillars of emotional awareness in the classroom and at home is through read-aloud children’s books.
Through books, children can relate to the characters or the stories, learn new emotional vocabulary, understand their own emotions better, and develop empathy towards how others are feeling.
That’s why I want to share this list of 30 + books about emotions in Spanish to help you begin building up the five pillars of emotional awareness with your children or students today!
Before you browse, pair these books with our emotions flashcards in Spanish!
30 + picture books about emotions in Spanish
El Monstruo de Colores
Por: Anna Llenas
Ages 3-8
Monstruo de colores is an excellent board book to introduce emotions to younger toddlers. It combines emotion with color through beautiful illustrations to help el monstruo figure out what he is feeling inside.
Related: Picture Books About Colors in Spanish
Mi cuerpo me envía una señal
Por: Natalie Maguire
Ages 2-8
Not only does this book contain relatable stories to teach children how to deal with emotions, it also has activities to work through emotions with your child, emotion flashcards AND coloring pages.
El emocionómetro del inspector Drilo
Por: Susanna Isern
Ages 6-10 years
Inspector Croc is a detective of emotions. Everyone in Forestville calls on him when they are feeling overwhelmed. But, no worries, he runs straight to the scene with his remarkable invention, the “Emotion-o-meter” to solve the case.
Los mi conocen sus emociones ¿y tú?
Por: Agustina Roigand Sofía Viotti
In this interactive book, your child can learn about emotions through the stories of the relatable characters “Mi”, who speak in a language that will allow your child to relate, connect, recognize and identify their own emotions.
Escuchando a Mi Cuerpo
Por: Gabi Garcia
Ages 4-8
An interactive book that will work through emotions with children and teach them to note and recognize each feeling when they come about.
Así me siento yo
Por: Janan Cain
Ages 3-8
In this poetic book, find an abundance of different emotions that follow the young character and how she reacts when she is feeling these emotions.
Recetas de lluvia y azúcar
Por: Eva Manzano
Ages 9-12
“Presented much like a cookbook, this collection of life recipes teaches young readers how to deal with the variety of emotions they feel on a daily basis. From kindness and joy to fear, shyness, and anger, the recipe for each sentiment invites children to reflect on what they are feeling and why.”
Así es mi corazón
Por: Jo Witek
Ages 9-12
This book is a tribute to emotions and their different form and colors.
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Sentimientos
Por: Grete Garrido
Ages 9-12
Recognizing feelings is not easy. That’s why this book allows the reader to see emotions from the outside-in and ways to find solutions for each emotion.
Emocionario
Por: Rafael R. Valcárcel
Ages 8-12
Human beings experience a wide range of emotions both pleasant and unpleasant. This book presents a catalog of feelings including relief, insecurity, euphoria, jealousy, admiration, gratitude, and loneliness, each one illustrated by a different artist. It will help readers better understand themselves and others.
¡Hola emociones!
Por: Susaeta Publishing
Ages 3-5 years
This book leaves adults on the outside as mere spectators; enter a child’s world, where siblings Sofia and Pablo, along with their parents, live out varying circumstances in their daily happenings. Experience sadness, envy, joy, frustration, and love from a heartwarming perspective.
Abecedario de las emociones
Por: Rita Poggioli
Ages 3-6 years
In Abecedario follow the Spanish alphabet through different emotions. A rhyming poem accompanies each feeling to help better understand the condition of each emotion.
Te amo cuando estás enojado
Por: Erin Winters
Ages 3-6 years
The love of a parent or caretaker transcends emotions, it is unconditional.
Through adorable animals and a range of emotions, in this book your child will learn that whether they have good or bad days, they all end with a “good night and I love you.”
Related: 23 Spanish Children’s Picture Books To Learn the Alphabet
Picture Books in Spanish About Anxiety
Encuentra tu calma
Por: Gabi Garcia
Ages 4-8
Follow along with the young narrator as she deals with anxiety and what she does to ensure it does not overcome her.
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Soy más fuerte que la ansiedad
Por: Elizabeth Cole
Ages 4-8
Every child worries now and then, but that worry continues to grow more often than not.
Sometimes the worry becomes so overwhelming that it impact’s the child’s whole emotional state. They might feel stressed, angry, or sad.
This engaging children’s book will capture your child right in the middle of the rise of anxiety and help work through ways to calm that anxious feeling before it erupts into something more.
Pair these books about anxiety in Spanish with our positive affirmation coloring pages!
Picture Books in Spanish About Anger
Mi Día Cocodrilo
Por: Rosemary Sanchez Zavala
In this book filled with beautiful illustrations and a rhyming story, Follow, who is so angry he feels like a crocodile. Watch as he learns to control his emotions.
Mi pequeño temperamento
Por: Christoher Fequiere
Your child will learn that it’s okay to be angry sometimes in this book. It happens to everyone. But, what a child needs to know is to not succumb to that anger and instead learn ways to contain it before it grows out of control.
Soy más fuerte que la ira
Por: Elizabeth Cole
Ages 4-8
This cute story follows a little boy at the zoo who wants to take a Koala bear home. His mama explains that he cannot and is just not having it. He starts to throw a tantrum until different animals around the zoo help him work through his anger through three distinct techniques.
Cuando estoy enfadado
Por: Tracey Moroney
Ages 3-5
This book is a collection of books by Tracey Moroney that follow characters through different emotions. This particular books is about anger.
Here are some more books in this collection:
- Happiness- Cuando estoy contento
- Jealousy Cuando estoy celoso
- Lonliness Cuando me siento solo
- Fear Cuando tengo miedo
¿No hay nadie enfadado?
Por: Toon Tellegen
Ages 6-10 years
You will find 12 poetic and entertaining tales in this book that talk about anger. It will guide the reader to understand that aside from being a negative emotion, we can learn from our anger to help us communicate with others, and it can even make us laugh at times.
La Ira de Amaya
Por: Gabi Garcia
One story in a collection of stories about children’s emotional growth.
Amaya is always so angry, but after spending some time at her tia’s house, she realizes that other emotions are bubbling under her anger.
Another book in her collection is La Tristeza de Santiago.
Cálmate y superar la ira
Por: Cheri J Meiners, M.Ed
Ages 4-8
In this bilingual book you will find simple text to help children learn to recognize feelings of anger as well as ways to deal with the emotion.
Picture Books in Spanish About Fear
A todos los monstruos les da miedo la oscuridad
Por: Michael Escoffier
Ages 3-5 years
El abrigo de Pupa
Por: Elena Ferrándiz
Ages 5-7 years
“Every morning Pupa puts on her coat of fears and walks out into the street wrapped in them. She is afraid of flying, and she is afraid of sinking. Also, she is afraid of change, but afraid of everything staying the same. She fears the future, but also the past repeating itself. Will she ever be able to free herself of her coat, which grows larger and larger with fear and anxiety every day?”
Tengo miedo: Un libro para vencer aquello que nos hace sentir diminutos
Por: Alberto Soler
Ages 4-8 years
This book is perfect for 4-8 year olds to talk and learn about fear and how we can manage our fear.
Picture Books in Spanish About Sadness
¿Por qué lloramos?
Por: Fran Pintadera
Ages 7-9 years
In this profound and poetic text, Mario’s mamá talks with him about everything that deals with sadness. The composition of tears, the way we feel in our body when we are sad, the act of crying, why we cry, and how we can liberate ourselves from sadness.
Mateo en un mar de lágrimas
Por: Daniel Monedero Alonso
Ages 4-7 years
In this profound and poetic text, Mario’s mamá talks with him about everything that deals with sadness. The composition of tears, the way we feel in our body when we are sad, the act of crying, why we cry, and how we can liberate ourselves from sadness.
Mi amigo está triste
Por: Mo Willems
Ages 6-8 years
Geraldo is sad, how can Piggie help him?
Thank you so much for checking out this selection of books about emotions in Spanish. I will continue to update it regularly, as I am always searching for the best and most authentic picture books in Spanish!
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