Affiliate Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase through these links, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend products I personally use, love, and believe will add value to your family’s well-being. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Most children’s books about feelings teach children to name their emotions. The My Inner World series does something different.
These books help children notice what’s happening in their bodies — the tightness, the heat, the heaviness — and move through it. Not analyse it. Not perform it. Just notice, and let it pass.
Because feelings don’t need to be understood to move through. They need to be felt.
My Inner World: Feelings Live Inside Me
The book that started it all. A gentle illustrated story that introduces young children to the idea that feelings live in the body — not just in the mind. Through simple language and warm imagery, children begin to notice that feelings rise, and that they pass, and that they are never alone in what they feel.
One of the quieter children’s books about feelings — reassuring for any moment, not just the hard ones.
The Mindful Cat
For the child who needs to slow down and come back to themselves. The Mindful Cat follows a gentle feline who notices what’s happening in their body and finds their way back to stillness — without fixing, without forcing, without performing calm.
A quietly powerful read for sensitive children, children who carry a lot, or any child who benefits from a slower pace and a softer story.
The Mindful Capybara
For the child who carries a lot and needs permission to simply be. The Mindful Capybara is for children who worry, who overthink, who hold tension in their bodies without knowing how to release it.
This story offers something gentle — not instructions, not strategies, just permission. Permission to slow down, to breathe, to be exactly where they are without needing to be anywhere else.
My Inner World Coloring Book
A companion to the Feelings Live Inside Me story — extending the experience of noticing feelings through drawing and quiet reflection. Coloring is one of the simplest ways a child’s nervous system can settle. These pages pair that natural calming effect with gentle prompts that invite children to slow down and notice what’s moving through them.
No pressure. No performance. Just a child, a page, and a quiet moment.
Also in the Shop: Printables for Everyday Regulation
Alongside the books, the Inner Worlds Press Etsy shop carries printable activities, coloring pages, and toolkits for daily life — at home, in the classroom, or in a therapy setting.
If you’re looking for practical tools to pair with these children’s books about feelings, the Emotional Regulation Toolkitbrings everything together — activities, scripts, and the parent guide in one place.
You might also find it helpful to read about calm-down activities for kids that work in everyday moments, or what to say during a meltdown when you’re right in the middle of one.
All books are available on Amazon. If you’re outside North America, search “My Inner World Adrianne Reeves” on your local Amazon store.
💛 Enjoyed this post? I’d love to hear your thoughts! Drop a comment below, or click the Pinterest Save button to keep it for later.
