Making Faces: A First Book of Emotions
A cheerful crash course in feelings, Making Faces invites babies to spot, match, and mimic expressions—then try them out in the built-in mirror!
$7.99
Quantity:
In a Curriculum Kit
Nonconsumable
Nonreligious
Supplemental Material
2026 Tiny Tots Curriculum Kit
Making Faces: A First Book of Emotions
Making Faces: A First Book of Emotions introduces young children to five basic emotions: happy, sad, angry, surprised, and silly. Through simple photographs and interactive prompts, this sturdy board book encourages babies and toddlers to notice facial expressions and begin connecting them to feelings.
Each left-hand page features a close-up photograph of a baby's face against a clean white background, helping young children focus on the details of each expression. On the opposite page, children are invited to find the matching face among a group of babies, strengthening observation and visual discrimination skills.
The built-in mirror adds an interactive element, encouraging little ones to imitate the expressions they see and explore their own facial movements. As children copy smiles, frowns, surprised looks, and silly faces, they begin developing early emotional awareness and facial recognition skills.
With its simple format, engaging photographs, and durable board-book design, Making Faces offers a playful introduction to emotions for babies and toddlers who are just beginning to notice the feelings expressed on the faces around them.
- June 30, 2023
Great book
Brittany G.
This is a great book to teach emotions to little ones. I love the quiz format of it. My older child likes to play along too.
- May 14, 2022
Faces!
Sabrina P.
Ok hear me out-think about how we have all had to wear masks during covid. We havnt been able to see people smile! This book will make your baby smile so much and I think its important for kids to see faces
- July 28, 2021
Great intro for emotional intelligence
Dorothy W.
The book is short and sweet. The baby faces really stand out and it's clever to have a game on the next page of various baby faces showing different emotions and having your child find the face you were just looking at. The mirror at the end is great for practicing what you just read.
- February 23, 2021
Making Faces
Sarah B.
My almost 11 month old LOVES this book. He brings it to me to read multiple times a day. He loves all the pictures and is starting to point out the matching face on the opposite page. He even gives some of the babies pictures "kisses" in the book. I suspect we'll be buying another copy of this book because ours is already showing love!
- October 13, 2020
Making Faces
Hannah
This is a cute little book that is good for teaching your child about emotions.
- July 16, 2020
Great for babies
Lauren
My son called this the “baby book”. We’d look through it and he’d point and say “baby”. Toddlers just like looking at babies and I liked this one because they show a very diverse set of babies.
- June 27, 2020
Fast favorite
Sarah L.
My daughter just turned 3 and she loves this book. Her favorite part is the mirror at the end. I caught her "reading" the book to herself. She has a speech delay and this is the first book that she has ever tried to repeat a book aloud. This book is simple, but I think little ones are able to connect.
- April 19, 2020
My 2 year old loves it!
Tiffany T.
Great for my 2 year old in learning emotions and what they look like on our faces. Beyond happy this is in our library
- March 13, 2020
On repeat
Angela S.
I can't tell you how many times I have read this book to my 2 year old. He is obsessed with this book. We have read it multiple times in a row. I'll finish it and he'll beg to read it again! He also loves the mirror at the end of the book. This has been a great way for him to learn others emotions.
- March 6, 2020
Making Faces Review
Katelyn B.
I purchased this for my one year old. I appreciate the fact that they use actual (cute!) photos instead of drawings.In addition to my one year old all of my other children (two, three, and four) would mimic the faces some. Overall great clear, non-busy pictures, yet, wasn't a must have or often requested book for us.
