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If this isn’t the most beautifully illustrated, heartwarming and empathetic look at emotions I don't know what is! What a magical way to teach kids about empathy and understanding that being human means we all carry something with us, and therefore we should all be kind to one another! I adored how easy to understand this was for kids while also giving adults a compassionate way to look at their own difficult emotional experiences. Like the grandpa in the book describing anxious thoughts as a boat on a still lake and pointing out, "Sometimes beneath what looks perfectly still...so much can be swirling around." Or, another wonderfully compassionate way to look at things that may seem like failure or something ending is to look at it like, "Beneath what's falling apart...can be what's just starting to form." My favorite lines though have to be: "Everyone is more than what you see. Beneath appearances are experiences. Beneath actions are explanations. Beneath what's different is what's the same. And sometimes...Beneath someone who looks like they won't understand...is someone who knows exactly how you feel." I loved how this taught how readers (and reminded adults) to have compassion and empathy for the many facets of being human, while also celebrating the wonder and magnificence of nature. What an amazing little book!