Capy’s Big Red Wave

What the story does

Most picture books about anger name the feeling and resolve it in a sentence. This one stays with it. Capy feels the whole wave, an adult steadies him by sitting with him rather than instructing him, and the story ends in repair: the tower gets built again, and this time Lulu the Toucan helps.

That shape is deliberate. A child who has seen a character borrow a grown-up’s calm has a picture to reach for the next time their own wave arrives, and a picture is easier to reach for than an instruction.

What you get

• US Letter edition (8.5 x 11 in) for printing at home in North America.
• A4 edition (210 x 297 mm) for printing everywhere else.
• Screen edition sized for tablets and phones, for reading without printing.
• Free gift: Capy’s Feelings Cards, nine printable cards from happy to not sure, in color and to color in, as US Letter and A4.

All three book editions are full-color RGB PDFs of the same 26 pages, delivered the moment the order completes. Nothing ships.

Who it is for

Parents, carers and early-years teachers reading aloud to children roughly 3 to 7 years old. Short sentences over full watercolor pages, a Let’s Talk page with four simple questions, and Capy’s 3 steps to ride a big wave at the end.

Part of a series

This is Book 1 of A Capy’s Feelings Book. Book 2, Capy’s Fluttery Tummy, is about worry. Book 3, Capy’s Heavy Paws, is about sadness: a friend moving away. Book 4, Capy’s Special Five Minutes, is about jealousy: a new baby at home. See the whole series.

Who made it

Written, art-directed and edited by Sam Ree. Published by Reeoka LLC.