A Story About Feelings
Picture books for feelings that are hard to name
A small place for big feelings
Stories and coloring books for children, and for the people who want to sit beside them.
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What feels closest today?
The picture books
Stories to hold close
For noticing feelings, naming them, and caring for the world within.
A Story About Thoughts
My Inside Garden
A quiet story about tending the inner world with patience, care, and room to grow.View the book ↗The coloring books
A little room for every feeling
Each book gives one feeling time, color, and a page of its own.
The Sadness Coloring Book
For tender hearts and difficult goodbyes.
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The Gratitude Coloring Book
For noticing the small things that bring warmth.
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The Confidence Coloring Book
For finding courage one small step at a time.
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The Anger Coloring Book
For making room for heat, noise, and calm afterward.
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The Worry Coloring Book
For busy thoughts that need somewhere gentle to land.
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Neuroscience
Mental health
Emotional regulation
Mindfulness
About Mahek
Mahek Gupta is a neuropsychology researcher and children's author.
She studied at the University of Bristol from 2021 to 2023. Her professional work is connected with NIMHANS in Bengaluru, where her interests sit at the meeting point of neuroscience, mental health, and how we understand and measure them.
Mahek draws on emotional regulation, neuroscience, and mindfulness to make feelings easier for children to notice and name. Her books are also for parents, educators, and therapists who want to stay close while those feelings move through.
