The Grand Hotel of Feelings

　　歡迎光臨情緒大飯店。
　　我是飯店經理，為前來入住的情緒服務。

　　在情緒大飯店，每一天都不一樣，
　　很難預測誰會到來，每位客人的需求也都不同。
　　像是憤怒，她的音量驚人，需要大的空間讓她盡情尖叫狂吼。
　　悲傷的聲音很小，不時會害浴室淹水。
　　感謝什麼要求都沒有，她喜歡在大自然裡遊走，說不準什麼時候會現身陪伴你。
　　
　　情緒有的大，有的小；有的好相處，有的棘手。
　　不過，不管是哪一種情緒，我都會挪出空房招待，聆聽每一位客人的心聲。

　　作者莉迪亞將我們所擁有的情緒和感受，擬作形形色色的客人，現身在這座大飯店裡，有悲傷、憤怒、平靜、焦慮、感謝、信心、自信，還有愛和喜悅。
　　她曾提到：「所有情緒都是真的，沒有任何『壞情緒』，只有『不恰當的』處理方式。」
　　於是，每一家情緒大飯店，都有一位飯店經理，照顧好每一位客人。
　　當「悲傷」用細小的聲音說話時，仔細聆聽；「憤怒」被關在小房間時，要注意他可能會變身成其他的情緒；一不留神，都會讓他們在大飯店住上好長一段時間。
　　有時候，等待有些情緒快快退房，而有的則希望他們可以永遠住下來，像是「平靜」，還有帶來許多好客人的「喜悅」和「愛」。
　　情緒的模樣千變萬化，不管以什麼姿態現身，會提出多少的要求，我們敞開心房，真實的感受每一個情緒上門，挪出時間傾聽他們的心聲，陪伴每一位客人入住和退房。
 
　　——中文書介摘錄自《情緒大飯店》，小典藏出版

Shortlisted for the English 4-11 Picture Book Awards 2024

'An accessible entry into discussions on the complexity of feelings, this picture book will be returned to time and time again.' – Foreword Starred Review

All kinds of guests check in and out of the Grand Hotel of Feelings. Some are fun and some are tricky, but all are welcome!

　　Welcome to the Grand Hotel of Feelings, where all kinds of feelings come and stay. Every guest has unique needs. Anger is very loud and needs plenty of space to scream and shout. Sadness speaks in a small voice and occasionally floods the bathroom. Anxiety takes many shapes and loves the spotlight.

　　Some feelings are big and some are small, some are fun and some are tricky, but all feelings must be listened to and acknowledged. After all, they’re just passing through.

　　This beautiful and imaginative title is much loved by readers young and old and has been translated into 22 languages. This is a new paperback edition.

Review

　　'What I particularly like is that it not only names a wide range of emotions, but it also promotes that idea that all emotions are normal and welcome; that uncomfortable feelings don’t need to be pushed to the backs of our minds, and sometimes we might just need to sit with them a while. The Grand Hotel of Feelings would lend itself brilliantly to a wide range of curriculum-based activities, including PSHE, literacy, DT, art, and even music.' - Jo Cummins, Teach Primary Magazine

　　'And this is the absolute beauty of this book: the clear message is that all feelings are valid and that all need to be allowed to be felt. Such an important teaching for children (and adults actually!) that it’s okay to feel things that may be uncomfortable or that we may have been led to believe are ‘bad’ or ‘shameful’. Perfect for small-group or 1-1 discussion, especially for children experiencing emotional dysregulation and struggling to understand or articulate how they are feeling.' - The Literacy Tree

Lidia Brankovic graduated from FH-Potsdam in 2022. She takes inspiration from her hometown Berlin, its people and its culture. When she’s not painting or writing, she enjoys dancing, meditating and taking long walks. This is her first book, emerging from her own journeys through and with emotional turbulence.