When a parent lives with chronic pain
Mommy Hurts Sometimes
Ages 4 to 10Picture book
Millie learns that Mommy's pain can be real even when there is no bandage, and that none of it is her fault.
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THE UNBROKEN SMILEChildren's books for the hard-to-explain days
Little Hearts,
Big Feelings.
Warm, honest stories that help children understand chronic illness, pain, changing plans, hospital stays, dementia, school, siblings, and the feelings that arrive with all of it.
Ages 4 to 10Real family situationsMade to read together
01Say the true thing gently. No scary language and no pretending the hard day is easy.
02Make room for every feeling. Worry, anger, jealousy, disappointment, love, and relief all belong.
03Leave a child feeling held. Every story comes back to safety, connection, and what the family can still do together.
Start with today
What needs words
right now?
You do not need to know the whole series. Begin with the feeling, question, or family moment in front of you.
Books one through ten
The complete
storybook shelf.
Each book stands on its own. Together, they give a family a shared language for the days when a body, a plan, or a relationship feels different.
When a parent's energy runs low
Mommy's Battery
Ages 4 to 10Picture book
Theo learns about Mommy's battery and discovers that a changed plan can still hold closeness and love.
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When someone they love has dementia
Grandma's Remembering Box
Ages 4 to 10Picture book
A gentle way to explain forgetting, reassure a child, and notice what a family can still share.
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When Mommy needs a hospital stay
When Mommy Stays at the Hospital
Ages 4 to 10Picture book
Answers the first worried questions about fault, bedtime, coming home, and what getting better can look like.
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When a sick day changes the plan
It's Okay to Be Mad at the Sick Day
Ages 4 to 10Picture book
Makes room for disappointment and anger, then helps a child say the hardest feeling out loud.
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When a child's own pain is invisible
Some Days My Body Is Loud
Ages 4 to 10Picture book
A child-friendly story about pain no one can see and the relief of being believed by a trusted grown-up.
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When classmates need help understanding
Our Friend Wren
Ages 4 to 10Picture book
A classroom story about invisible illness, inclusion, helpful friendship, and the questions Wren should not have to answer alone.
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When a child is learning to pace
Wren's Own Battery
Ages 4 to 10Picture book
Wren chooses what matters most, asks for a break, and learns that a crash is a clue, not a failure.
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When illness means missing school
Still in the Club
Ages 4 to 10Picture book
For the child wondering whether friends still remember them when their body makes them stay home.
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When a sibling needs to feel seen
Ask Me Something Too
Ages 4 to 10Picture book
An honest story about love, jealousy, guilt, quiet helping, and making room for the sibling too.
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Look inside
before you choose.
Every image below comes from the actual interiors. The words and pictures are made to open a conversation without making a child carry it alone.
Books eleven and twelve
When quiet hands
help big feelings settle.
The storybook world continues through coloring, mazes, dot-to-dots, and gentle activities made for shorter attention spans and real kid hands.
Creative companion 1Color with the storybook family
Little Hearts, Big Feelings Coloring Book
Forty-five bold and easy pages with Waffles, Fig, and familiar friends from the series.
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Creative companion 2For waiting rooms and quiet days
My Quiet Day Book
Fifty coloring pages, mazes, dot-to-dots, and calm activities made for independent, screen-free time.
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You do not have to find
the perfect explanation.
Choose the story that sounds most like today. Read it together. Pause when your child wants to talk, and let the book carry the words when neither of you knows what to say next.
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