The Feelings in My Backpack

Ava's backpack carries more than pencils, crayons, and books. It also carries feelings.

During one colorful school day, Ava feels happy, sad, angry, scared, confused, embarrassed, calm, frustrated, surprised, loved, disappointed, and tired. With help from her teacher, friends, and family, Ava learns that feelings are normal, feelings have reasons, and big emotions can be handled safely.

The Feelings in My Backpack is a warm, full-color children's picture book that helps kids ages 5-9 notice, name, understand, and express emotions. Each page uses a simple story moment, a familiar emoji, and a gentle emotional intelligence lesson to help children talk about what they feel.

Perfect for parents, caregivers, teachers, counselors, and therapists, this book teaches children that all feelings are okay, but all behaviors are not okay.

Children will learn:
• Emotions are normal
• Feelings have reasons
• It is okay to talk about feelings
• Big feelings can be handled safely
• Other people have feelings too
• Naming emotions helps us understand ourselves

A comforting and colorful story for helping children build emotional awareness, empathy, and self-control.