In his first book as both author and illustrator, artist Christopher Silas Neal offers children reassurance that it's natural to feel happy and sad or "frazzled, fed up, bonkers, batty, bananas" (sometimes all in the same day) and that there are times when "you just need to cry" because "everyone has feelings, and that's OK." This isn't new territory, but Neal's gentle approach to the text is echoed in the quiet whimsy of his mixed media illustrations-a blue-and-peach palette, a loose simplicity of line-offering children a comforting way to understand and share their own feelings.