Young children often experience anxiety when they are separated from their mothers or fathers. This newest title in "The Way I Feel" series features a young guinea pig who expresses her distress when her mother and father go away. "Missing you is a heavy, achy feeling. I don?t like missing you. I want you right now " Eventually the little guinea pig realizes that sometimes she and her parents can?t be together. When that happens she knows that others can help. "They can snuggle with me or we can play. It helps me to be warm and close to someone. They remind me that you?ll be back."

Children often feel afraid. This book, with its comforting words and illustrations, will help children address those fears and learn some new ways to cope with being afraid.

Offering children positive and upbeat examples about being themselves, Spelman portrays a very young guinea pig and friends succeeding in common situations readers will relate to. Full color.

In this simple book, the author begins by helping children see that when they are sick, hurt, or unhappy, others care about them. Children can then begin to see that others need to be cared about as well.