My Heart Is Like a Zoo

Reach for this book when your little one is struggling to find the right words for their big, internal world. Whether they are feeling 'snappy' during a meltdown or 'brave' on their first day of preschool, this book provides a visual and linguistic bridge to understanding complex emotions through the familiar lens of zoo animals. At its heart, the book is a vibrant celebration of how our feelings change from moment to moment. Using a brilliant graphic style where every animal is constructed entirely of heart shapes, Michael Hall transforms abstract concepts like steadiness, eagerness, and peace into tangible, friendly creatures. It is an ideal choice for parents who want to normalize the 'emotional weather' of childhood while also introducing basic geometry and color theory in a warm, rhyming format.