Exploringemotionsand learning how to deal with them is an important part ofsocial emotional learningforchildren. Thissturdy board book, which featuresadorable artworkfrom theillustrator of Clever’s popular titleDon’t Wake the Dragon, is part of theFirst Feelings collectionof books from Clever. The story takes young readers along asUnicornexperiences somesad events: abroken toy; afriend getting hurtwhile playing; anotherfriend dropping an ice-cream cone; and a day ofplaying baseball ruined by the rain. For each situation, youngreaders see the event that has led to Unicorn feeling sad, and then can lift thelarge flapson every spread tosee what might make Unicorn feel better.Engaging promptson each page encourage children to try to think aboutwhy Unicorn is sadin a particular situation, and what might happen next to make her feel better. There’s even apromptat the end of the book for young readers to think about different things that make them feel sad, and aspread full of flaps to lift.