Lilla känsloboken – Berättelser och fakta om känslor – Swedish Children's Book About Feelings

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Lilla känsloboken – Berättelser och fakta om känslor – Swedish Children's Book About Feelings

Description

Big feelings can be difficult to understand when you are little. Lilla känsloboken – Berättelser och fakta om känslor helps young children recognize, understand and talk about the emotions they experience every day.

Written by Swedish child psychologist Reyhaneh Ahangaran and illustrated by Maria Källström, the book combines simple facts with playful stories to explore 10 different emotions – from bubbling happiness and curiosity to anger, worry, fear and shame.

Why do we get angry? What does happiness feel like inside the body? What can we do when we feel worried or sad?

With colorful illustrations, easy-to-understand Swedish text and questions designed to encourage conversation, this is a warm and reassuring book for children, parents and caregivers to explore together.

Please note: This book is written entirely in Swedish.

Helping Children Understand Their Feelings

Young children can experience emotions very strongly without always having the words to explain what is happening.

Anger can feel overwhelming.

Worry can sit uncomfortably inside the body.

Happiness can feel like it is bubbling everywhere.

And sometimes a child simply knows that something feels wrong without understanding exactly why.

Lilla känsloboken helps children begin putting words to those experiences.

Discover 10 Different Emotions

Throughout the book, children are introduced to 10 different feelings through a combination of short stories and easy-to-understand facts.

The book explores emotions including:

• Happiness

• Curiosity

• Anger

• Worry

• Sadness

• Fear

• Shame

• And other familiar childhood feelings

Rather than dividing emotions into “good” and “bad,” the book helps children understand that all feelings are allowed and that emotions can tell us something about what is happening inside us.

Stories, Facts & Questions to Talk About

The book is designed to be more than something an adult simply reads from beginning to end.

Stories and factual sections are combined with questions that invite children to think about their own experiences.

Parents and children can talk together about questions such as:

• What does anger feel like?

• When do you feel happy?

• What makes you worried?

• Where do you feel emotions in your body?

• What can help when you feel sad?

• What makes you curious?

• Have you ever felt embarrassed or ashamed?

• What can you do when a feeling becomes very strong?

There are no perfect answers – the important part is helping children find their own words.

All Feelings Are Okay

One of the central ideas in Lilla känsloboken is that feelings do not need to be frightening or embarrassing.

Children may sometimes believe they should not feel angry, scared, jealous, worried or sad.

But emotions are part of being human.

Understanding what we feel can make it easier to decide what to do with those feelings.

The book offers a gentle way to help children recognize that they are not alone in experiencing strong emotions.

Written by a Child Psychologist

Author Reyhaneh Ahangaran is a Swedish child psychologist who has written several books about children's emotions, thoughts and wellbeing.

In Lilla känsloboken, those subjects are presented specifically for preschool-aged children.

The language is simple and approachable, allowing complicated emotional experiences to be discussed without making them feel complicated or frightening.

Colorful Illustrations by Maria Källström

The book is illustrated by Maria Källström, whose warm and colorful pictures help bring the different emotions and stories to life.

For younger children, pictures can be especially helpful when talking about feelings.

Adults can use the illustrations to ask:

• How do you think this child feels?

• What do you see in their face?

• What might have happened?

• Have you ever felt like that?

• What could make them feel better?

The pictures create another way into conversations that children may otherwise find difficult to begin.

Perfect for Reading Together

Lilla känsloboken works especially well as a book for children and adults to explore together.

You do not necessarily need to read the whole book at once.

Instead, you can choose the feeling that seems most relevant at the moment.

Had a difficult morning?

Look at anger.

Feeling nervous about preschool?

Talk about worry or fear.

Had a wonderful day?

Explore happiness.

The book can become something families return to whenever a child needs help understanding what is happening inside.

Perfect for Swedish-Speaking Children Abroad

For Swedish families living outside Sweden, this book can also help children develop the vocabulary needed to describe emotions in Swedish.

Emotional vocabulary is particularly important for bilingual children because they may know how to describe a feeling in one language but struggle to find the corresponding words in another.

Lilla känsloboken is a lovely choice for:

• Swedish-speaking families abroad

• Bilingual children

• Children learning Swedish

• Preschool-aged children

• Parents wanting to talk about emotions

• Swedish grandparents sending books overseas

• Family read-aloud time

• Preschool and childcare settings

• Building Swedish emotional vocabulary

• Creating a Swedish children's book collection

A Thoughtful Swedish Children's Gift

Lilla känsloboken makes a meaningful gift that can be enjoyed immediately and returned to as children grow.

Perfect for:

• Birthdays

• Christmas

• Preschool children

• Bilingual families

• Swedish children living abroad

• Grandchildren overseas

• Starting preschool

• Children experiencing big emotions

• Family reading

• Swedish-language learning

• Building a children's bookshelf

It is both an engaging children's book and a useful starting point for conversations that can sometimes be difficult to begin.

Product Details

• Title: Lilla känsloboken – Berättelser och fakta om känslor

• Author: Reyhaneh Ahangaran

• Illustrator: Maria Källström

• Language: Swedish

• Format: Hardcover / Inbunden

• Pages: 48

• Recommended age: 3–6 years

• Publisher: Rabén & Sjögren

• Publication year: 2026

• Publication date: April 17, 2026

• ISBN / EAN: 9789129752540

• Approx. weight: 340g (12.0 oz)

• Approx. size: 20.1 × 26 cm

Please Note – Swedish Language Edition

This is the Swedish-language edition of Lilla känsloboken – Berättelser och fakta om känslor.

All stories, facts, questions and written content inside the book are in Swedish, making it particularly suitable for Swedish-speaking families, bilingual children and children developing their Swedish vocabulary.

Why Choose Swedish Cravings?

At Swedish Cravings, we make it easier for Swedish families and Sweden-lovers around the world to keep Swedish books, language and childhood experiences close at hand.

Our selection of Swedish children's books gives families abroad another way to make Swedish a natural part of everyday life.

Lilla känsloboken – Berättelser och fakta om känslor is a particularly thoughtful addition to a child's bookshelf – combining stories, facts and colorful illustrations to help young children recognize their emotions, find words for what they are feeling and discover that every feeling is something we can talk about.