A Capy’s Feelings Book

A story for every big feeling

Picture books for ages 3 to 7 about the feelings that arrive faster than words. Each book follows one feeling from the first spark to the other side of it.

Book one is available now as an instant download in US Letter, A4 and a screen edition sized for tablets and phones.

Cover of Capy's Big Red Wave, book one of A Capy's Feelings Book

What happens inside book one

Capy has spent the whole morning balancing stones into a tower. Then it comes down.

Capy surrounded by a red glow, overwhelmed by anger

The anger arrives faster than Capy can think, and it is red and loud and bigger than he is.

Capy and Mama sitting by the river breathing slowly together

Mama does not tell him to calm down. She sits close and breathes, and Capy borrows her rhythm.

Capy and Toucan rebuilding the stone tower together

The wave passes. What was knocked down gets built again, and this time Toucan helps.

How these books are built

  • One feeling per book, followed all the way through rather than named and resolved in a sentence.
  • The grown-up in the story steadies the child by sitting with them, not by instructing them. No naughty step, no calm down.
  • Every story ends in repair. Something that was broken gets mended on the page, so the child sees the way back.
  • Short read-aloud sentences over full watercolor spreads, written for ages 3 to 7 and for the adult reading at bedtime.

The series

Book one: Capy’s Big Red Wave

Anger. Available now, 24 illustrated pages. The paperback carries a code inside the back cover for a free printable set of Capy’s feeling cards.

Coming next

Book two takes on worry, the feeling that shows up before anything has even happened. Book three goes to sadness, and how long it is allowed to stay.

Written and illustrated as Sam Ree. Published by Reeoka LLC.