Ages 6–10 yearsMiles and the Big Red Feeling
When frustration feels immediate and intense, Miles explores taking a pause before responding.
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Ages 3–8 yearsMochi and the Golden Thread of Gratitude
This Mochi story focuses on gratitude for nature and the people whose everyday care nourishes our lives.
Explore This StoryAges 4–8 yearsMochi and the Singing Breeze
Slowing down, noticing nature and appreciating everyday details shape this Mochi story.
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Ages 3–7 yearsMochi’s Mindful Moment
Mochi’s mindful moment centres on everyday emotions and pausing before bedtime.
Explore This StoryAges 3–8 yearsDon’t Touch the Magic Brush!
Dodo’s magic-brush adventure invites readers to wipe, mix colours, draw and press a palm as part of the book’s prompts.
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Ages 3–8 yearsLulu’s Little Light
Lulu and Glub worry about looking different from other sea creatures.
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Mochi’s Mindful World
11 books
Follow a quiet nature path through feelings, gratitude, the senses and self-kindness. These eleven stories offer different ways to notice the present moment and make room for imperfect days.
Explore Our BooksMiles’ Little Mindful Moments
6 books
Small moments can matter: a classroom misunderstanding, a project that feels too big, or a quiet visit to a garden. Enter Miles’ everyday world of neighbourhoods, learning and conversations.
Explore Our BooksDodo’s Interactive Adventures
8 books
Step into eight playful books filled with prompts for imagination and participation. Follow a magic brush, experiment with sounds and discover how reading can become a shared creative game.
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Mochi
Mochi is a gentle, curious and thoughtful baby koala. He cares about others and sometimes feels shy or anxious. Across his stories, he is learning to be brave, accept mistakes and speak kindly to himself. He does not have to be calm or perfect all the time.
Miles
Miles meets big feelings in everyday situations. In the six published stories, he explores anger, a cloudy mood, misunderstandings, difficult projects, quiet observation and taking a pause. Support, thoughtful questions and small steps are part of his reading world.
Dodo
Dodo invites playful, curious participation. His published adventures use art, sound, bubbles, light and page-turning to encourage creative interaction with a book. Readers can join in at their own pace, with an adult nearby.
Growing Hearts & Minds
TeachersFree Resources
Original activities for adults and children to use together. These are companion prompts, not pages from our Kindle books.
Notice Three Things
A gentle invitation to notice the world together, without trying to change a feeling.
Ages 3–8
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My Feelings Weather
Use a weather drawing as an optional way to talk about a feeling.
Ages 4–8
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My Small-Step Map
Break an everyday task into a few manageable choices.
Ages 5–8
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How to make room for big feelings during storytime
A story offers a little distance. Instead of asking a child to explain their own difficult day, begin with something visible: a face in an illustration, a pause in the action, or a choice the characte…
Can kindness include saying no?
A child can care about someone else and still need rest, space or a turn with a toy. During reading, notice moments when characters want different things. Ask what each character might need before loo…
A small noticing moment before reading
You do not need a special room or a silent child to notice something together. Before opening a book, look for one colour nearby or listen for one sound. Let the child lead if they wish. A few seconds…