What Feelings Do When No One’s Looking

Curiosity, a light, soft-lobed creature, perches atop the open world, gazing out with a vibrant, intertwined look of hope, wonder, and longing. From the top of a chimney pot, we leap into a quiet and mischievous world of feelings, meeting a host of fluffy creatures along the way. Sympathy helps a snail safely across the pavement, Fear spins to try and merge with a shy flower by a wall, and Pleasure sprawls in a lace-doily-covered reading chair, sipping a cup of tea. Elsewhere, our insecurities—those pesky, playful chaps—build elaborate cages and stride about with jingling bunches of keys. Tina Oziewicz’s words hum with truth, and Aleksandra Zajac’s illustrations burst and bloom with captivating detail, like a sail made from a billowing pair of long johns, or a single red slipper dropped from a satisfied paw. Immerse yourself in the perfect harmony of this book, like taking a long, warming sip from a dependable thermos. Surprising and comforting, What Feelings Do When No One’s Looking inspires us to feel.