Hello Feelings - Sadness

Help your child navigate big feelings and build early emotional intelligence!

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Is your little one struggling with big emotions? This engaging social-emotional learning (SEL) book helps children embrace tricky feelings like sadness, transforming them from something scary into a helpful friend. My biggest hope is that this story sparks fun, open conversations about your child's colorful emotions and teaches them healthy coping skills.

What's inside?

Across 24 beautifully illustrated, rhyming pages, a young boy meets a brand-new feeling: Sadness. But instead of something to fear, Sadness arrives as a cute, welcoming plushie named "Little Saddie." By the end of their colorful journey together, the boy learns exactly how to gently embrace, understand, and regulate his new companion.

Designed with Intention: Why Details Matter

• Color-Coded Emotions: Based on Plutchik's Wheel of Emotions, we turn invisible feelings into easy-to-spot colors, giving kids a simple visual shortcut to share what's going on inside.

• Normalizing Big Feelings: Grown-ups sometimes hide their emotions. Our illustrations show that feelings are perfectly normal for everyone-kids and adults alike!

• Friendly & Safe Designs: Notice how the feeling characters look like cuddly toys? Squishy, plushie designs make even the toughest emotions feel approachable and safe for young readers.

• Brain-Boosting Rhymes: Bouncy rhythms aren't just fun for read-alouds-they are a memory trick! Catchy rhymes help little ones effortlessly soak up and remember vital emotional vocabulary.

• Conversation Starters: Think of the management tips in this book as a fun menu of ideas to explore. Use this book to spark warm chats and discover what makes your uniquely beautiful child feel best.

• Interactive Seek-and-Find: Keep your eyes peeled! There is a tiny, hidden sunflower tucked away in the artwork on every page, waiting to be discovered by curious little detectives.

A Book That Grows with Your Child

• Ages 0-3 (The Sensory Primer): For infants and toddlers, this serves as a vibrant, read-aloud introduction. Through gentle rhythm and engaging art, babies begin building their very first emotional vocabulary.

• Ages 3+ (The Dialogue Catalyst): As preschool and kindergarten children grow, the story evolves into a launchpad for early emotional literacy, sparking nuanced dialogue between you and your child about how to navigate their inner world.

About the Author

Beyond being a mom, I am a school owner who has supported more than 1,000 unique learners. To dive deeper into how children learn, I earned a coaching diploma from the University of Cambridge in 2022, ensuring I can best help big (and little!) minds grow.

Grab your copy today to help your child turn their biggest emotions into their best friends!