The Garden of

Feelings

Welcome to the Garden of Feelings Series, a place where stories, nature, and imagination come together to help children explore their emotions. Heide Ada C, The Emotions Alchemist®, created these books as a toolkit for parents, carers, and educators to nurture emotional intelligence, resilience, and confidence in children aged 3–8. Whether through storytelling, colouring, or playful somatic exercises, each book offers gentle, practical ways to recognise and celebrate feelings, building a foundation for lifelong emotional well-being.
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THE GARDEN OF FEELINGS SERIES

Explore the Complete Collection

A growing collection of children’s books designed to support emotional development through stories, creativity, movement, imagination, and gentle self-discovery.

The Garden of Feelings

Children's Fiction
he Garden of Feelings is a heartwarming collection of stories designed to help children explore and understand their emotions. Through charming characters, playful illustrations, and simple, relatable narratives, young readers learn to recognize feelings like happiness, sadness, anger, and empathy.

Emotions Colouring and Reading

Colouring and Story Activities
A creative companion book filled with simple stories, expressive illustrations, and colouring activities that help children explore emotions at their own pace

Tiny Wings, Big Feelings

Activity and Early Learning
An A to Z emotional learning adventure combining feelings, letters, numbers, colouring, and playful garden characters.

The Garden Within

Guided Visualisation
A soothing journey that encourages children to notice where emotions live in the body through guided stories, breathing, and gentle body-awareness practices.

Happy Moves

Movement and Wellbeing
A joyful collection of simple movement activities that helps children connect physical movement with emotional regulation, confidence, and calm.
Meet the Author

Heide Cussell

Heide Cussell, known as The Emotions Alchemist®, is passionate about helping children understand their emotions through stories, movement, creativity, and imagination.
Her work combines emotional literacy, body awareness, guided visualisation, and playful learning to create gentle resources for children, families, educators, and wellbeing professionals.
Through The Garden of Feelings series, Heide creates safe and welcoming spaces where children can explore what they feel, understand what their bodies may be communicating, and discover simple ways to feel calmer, stronger, and more confident.

“Every feeling belongs. Every child belongs too.”

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WHY FAMILIES AND
EDUCATORS LOVE THE SERIES

Emotional Learning Made Gentle, Creative, and Fun

Emotional Literacy

Helps children recognise, name, and talk about a wide range of emotions in a calm and accessible way.

Body Awareness

Encourages children to notice how feelings may appear in their breathing, movement, energy, and physical sensations.

Creative Expression

Uses stories, colouring, imagination, movement, and play to help children explore feelings without pressure.

Mindful Regulation

Introduces simple breathing, visualisation, and movement practices that can help children feel more settled.

Inclusive Learning

Designed to support a variety of learning styles, emotional needs, and early years environments.

Useful at Home and School

Suitable for parents, teachers, ELSA practitioners, SENCOs, nurture groups, wellbeing sessions, and early years settings.

my latest book

Emotional Learning Made Gentle, Creative, and Fun

WHY FAMILIES AND
EDUCATORS LOVE THE SERIES

Emotional Literacy

Helps children recognise, name, and talk about a wide range of emotions in a calm and accessible way.

Body Awareness

Encourages children to notice how feelings may appear in their breathing, movement, energy, and physical sensations.

Creative Expression

Uses stories, colouring, imagination, movement, and play to help children explore feelings without pressure.

Mindful Regulation

Introduces simple breathing, visualisation, and movement practices that can help children feel more settled.

Inclusive Learning

Designed to support a variety of learning styles, emotional needs, and early years environments.

Useful at Home and School

Suitable for parents, teachers, ELSA practitioners, SENCOs, nurture groups, wellbeing sessions, and early years settings.

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Testimonials

What readers
are saying

Loved by Families, Educators, and Young Readers

"The stories gave us a gentle way to talk about feelings without making the conversation feel difficult."

"My child loved the garden characters, and I loved how naturally the books encouraged emotional awareness."

BEHIND THE BOOKS

Where Stories, Feelings, and Imagination Come Together

Every book in The Garden of Feelings series begins with a simple purpose: to help children understand their emotions in a way that feels safe, creative, and natural.
Through gentle storytelling, playful characters, movement, colouring, and guided activities, Heide Cussell transforms emotional learning into an experience children can enjoy and remember.
Discover the Story Behind the Series

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Inspired by Children

Created around the feelings, questions, and everyday experiences children often find difficult to express.

02

Learning Through Play

Stories, movement, colouring, and imagination make emotional development engaging and accessible.

03

Created with Care

Every activity and story is designed to feel gentle, inclusive, and suitable for young readers.

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Made for Real Life

Useful at home, in classrooms, nurture groups, wellbeing sessions, and emotional-support settings.

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