Books That Are Kind to Your Heart and Mind
A four-book series for ages 7 to 12 by child and adolescent psychologist Dr. Jamie Duggan. Each book is part storybook, part workbook, and stands on its own.
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Dr. Jamie Duggan created the Nurtured by Nature series to fill a need in her own practice as a child and adolescent psychologist. Each book is part storybook, part workbook, with beautiful illustrations, interactive activities and stories kids are excited to read.
Together, the four books cover emotion regulation, perspective, emotional electricity (written for neurodivergent and highly sensitive kids) and grief. Each one stands on its own, so families can start with the topic their child needs most.
Book 1
A part storybook, part workbook for ages 7 to 12 about big feelings. Children learn to ride their emotions like ocean waves, with exercises and relaxation techniques that build resilience.
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Book 2
A part storybook, part workbook for ages 7 to 12 about perspective. Each child has a superhero mask, and a cast of characters helps them build empathy, logic and wisdom.
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Book 3
A part storybook, part workbook for ages 7 to 12 about overwhelming feelings. Written with sensitive and neurodivergent kids in mind, it teaches distress tolerance and self-soothing.
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Book 4
A part storybook, part workbook for ages 7 to 12 about grief. Children explore different forests that stand for the feelings of loss, and learn gentle ways to cope and to remember.
See the book →This interactive book is a wonderful resource for parents, caregivers and educators to help kids overcome worries and distressing emotions.
Jessica Gottlieb, MSW, T.S.Clinical Social Worker and Author, on Let's Go Surfing!
An engaging, accessible guide that helps children not only feel better, but also get better at feeling.
Dr. Tamara SolesPsychologist and Founder of The Secure Child Center for Families and Children, on A Superhero's Guide to Wise Mind
How to Power Down and Reset is a thoughtful and beautifully illustrated resource for children of different neurotypes, as well as the adults who support them.
Dr. Elizabeth Roberts, Ph.D.Child Psychologist and Owner of Village Psychology, on How to Power Down and Reset
A truly groundbreaking resource that transforms a difficult topic into one that feels safe, approachable, and deeply healing.
Jon ReiderFounder & CEO, Myra's Kids Foundation, on The Forests of Feelings
Stories and activities they can work through on their own or with a grown-up.
Practical tools to learn and practise alongside their child, one topic at a time.
Written by a child and adolescent psychologist to fill a need in her own practice.
Dr. Jamie Duggan is a child and adolescent psychologist in Montreal, Canada. She created the Nurtured by Nature series, part storybook and part workbook, to fill a need in her own practice.
Nurtured by Nature is a four-book series for children ages 7 to 12 by child and adolescent psychologist Dr. Jamie Duggan. Each book is part storybook, part workbook, and covers one topic: emotion regulation, perspective, emotional electricity or grief.
Book 1 is Let's Go Surfing!, about emotion regulation. Book 2 is A Superhero's Guide to Wise Mind and the Power of Perspective!, about perspective. Book 3 is How to Power Down and Reset, about emotional electricity, written for neurodivergent and highly sensitive kids. Book 4 is The Forests of Feelings, about grief.
No. Each book stands on its own, so you can start with the topic your child needs most.
All four books are written for children ages 7 to 12.
How to Power Down and Reset was written with neurodivergent and highly sensitive kids in mind. It uses the idea of emotional electricity to help children understand and calm overwhelming feelings.
The Forests of Feelings helps children through grief, with gentle storytelling, nature-inspired metaphors and activities for remembering the person they miss.
All four books were written by Dr. Jamie Duggan, a child and adolescent psychologist in Montreal. Let's Go Surfing! was illustrated by Milly Forbes, and the other three by Albina Petrova. The series is published by Garden Wolf Publishing House.
In Canada, Nurtured by Nature is available from Amazon.ca (all four books). In the US, Nurtured by Nature is available from Amazon.com (all four books). In store, all four books are on the shelf at Indigo Pointe-Claire.
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