What started as a harmless diversion — tinkering with little rhyming stories from a wise beyond her years child — while I was in the thick of writing a screenplay that was literally an epic, an historical ‘fantasy’ spanning 900 years, turned into Funny Feelings®. An outrageously ambitious labour of love.

THE STORY BOOKS

A series of four quite personal illustrated hardcover storybooks tackling sensitive issues like family breakdown and bullying. Rich in metaphor, and layered with meaning, Funny Feelings are lively rhyming stories that provide an accessible way to discuss sensitive issues.

“I found them individually powerful as they dealt with ‘hot’ topics like family turbulence, family break-up, individuation and isolation respectively: and how one child experienced and coped with these issues.”

Cate Anderson, Psychologist

A GUIDE TO JOURNAL WRITING

Having opened up the conversation about feelings through characters in the Funny Feelings storybooks, journal writing gives young people the opportunity to start expressing themselves better in text. The Guide to Journal explores dealing with intense emotions, self-expression, command of language, the daily highs and lows, and appropriate venting. Helping young people learn to identify emotions, express and manage emotions, discover empathy, develop resilience and learn how to communicate effectively.

PLUS APPS, POSTERS, GAMES, and more