Deon is scared during a thunderstorm by the lightning and the loud noise until he goes to his room to try to distract himself.

"Do you ever feel as stubborn as a mule? Or as chicken as a chicken? Of course you do. Looks at the normal, natural feelings we all have"--

"Emotions are like a rainbow-there is a color for every one we feel. And when the sad feeling starts to take over the rainbow, it's time for The Blue Book! Simple activities, tips, and tricks help young readers whose sad blue shines brightest in the rainbows of their colorful minds. They can turn the pages from front to back or back to front. They can use every single page or open the book to just one random page. Soon, the other colors of their emotions...

This rhyming story describes each day in terms of a particular color which in turn is associated with specific emotions.

Feeling too grumpy to fly, Bird begins to walk and finds that his mood changes as other animals join him.

A young boy describes, in text and photographs of his facial expressions, the different emotions he feels each day.

It looks like trouble when Fragility, a hippopotamus whose feelings are easily hurt, meets Rudy, a rude elephant, on the soccer field.

Llewellyn, a little rabbit overwhelmed by his emotions, hides away his feelings in glass jars, until he discovers life is more colorful when he sets his emotions free.

"Snarky Sharky is snappy and grumpy. Luckily, Snarky's friends keep trying to brighten her day. This story about a shark and her dreaded mornings introduces young children to reading"--

Words and music describe different emotions in terms of color, as when everything is rosy when one feels joyful, then remind the reader that everyone experiences this same rainbow of emotions.