Shy Spaghetti and Excited Eggs: A Kid’s Menu of Feelings by Marc Nemiroff and Jane Annunziata

Short Summary

Shy Spaghetti and Excited Eggs: A Kid’s Menu of Feelings by Marc Nemiroff and Jane Annunziata is a fun, practical guide to help children recognise, understand, and manage a wide range of emotions. Written by psychologists, it uses creative food-themed analogies and simple strategies to help kids handle feelings in healthy ways.

Age Group

Suitable for children aged 4 to 8 years.

Topics Discussed

Feelings

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What this book is about

  • Shy Spaghetti and Excited Eggs is written by two child psychologists, making it both engaging and developmentally sound.
  • Uses cooking and food metaphors to describe a variety of emotions, from shyness and nervousness to excitement and fear.
  • Goes beyond naming emotions by offering practical suggestions for managing them – for example, drawing a picture when feeling angry to help release the emotion.
  • Provides parents and carers with ready-to-use strategies for supporting their child’s emotional regulation.
  • Encourages children to recognise what they’re feeling, understand why, and choose a helpful action to deal with it.
  • Large format with vibrant illustrations makes it appealing for group reading or one-on-one conversations.
  • A versatile tool for home or classroom use, supporting emotional literacy and resilience.
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Cath Hakanson is a qualified family sex educator, sexual health nurse and author with 30+ years of clinical and education experience. As an AuDHD parent of two neurodivergent children, she creates clear, practical sex ed resources that help parents talk about bodies, puberty, consent, porn, relationships and sex without shame or judgement.