Book
The Grand Hotel of Feelings / Lidia Brankovic.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781800660410
- ISBN: 1800660413
- Physical Description: 32 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 30 cm.
- Publisher: London : Cicada Books, 2023.
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- Subject:
- Emotions > Pictorial works > Juvenile fiction.
- Genre:
- Children's stories > Pictorial works.
Novels.
Illustrated works.
Available copies
- 0 of 1 copy available at Headingley Municipal Library.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headingley Municipal Library | C BRA (Text) | 36440000282378 | Picture Books | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-04-19 |
- ForeWord Magazine Reviews : ForeWord Magazine Reviews 2023 - September/October
An accessible entry into discussions on the complexity of feelings, this picture book will be returned to time and time again. The manager of the Grand Hotel of Feelings guides readers through the revolving door of guests: from fire-haired Anger, who gets worse when locked away, to Joy, who floats in with butterfly wings. Painterly illustrations depict all the shapes and sizes of feelings as the text reminds the audience that they are all "just passing through."
© 2023 Foreword Magazine, Inc. All Rights Reserved. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2023 July #1
A host of personified emotions stroll into a hotel while the manager strives to understand them all. The Grand Hotel of Feelings is a large, opulent building with sparkly chandeliers and expansive windows. As the manager explains, there is always space available; every feeling is welcome, "no matter how difficult." Sadness, for example, a greenish-blue creature with many tentacles, often floods the bathroom with tears. The manager has learned to listen very carefully. If not, "I won't hear what Sadness is telling me and then he will stay for a very long time." Gratitude, on the other hand, is a solid, dependable, white being who likes to sit quietly next to others, though it can be easy to take her for granted. Emotions can be tricky to understand; readers will appreciate that the author offers a tangible way to grasp the enormity. Here, the feelings are transient, and the manager learns new coping mechanisms from each visit. The only human at the hotel, the manager has pale skin and long white hair, while the emotions are an eclectic variety of colors, shapes, and sizes. The final page may raise eyebrows, with depictions of other hotels, some of which feel rooted in cultural stereotype (such as a vaguely Middle Easternâlooking palace, with a brown-skinned character riding a flying carpet). (This book was reviewed digitally.) Quirky and expressive social-emotional learning. (Picture book. 4-8) Copyright Kirkus 2023 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved.