A Child's Guide to Coping with the Ocean of Emotions
Book 1 of 4 in the Nurtured by Nature series
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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Emotions are like waves in the ocean. They rise and swell inside us, sometimes crashing with intensity before slowly fading away. Every day brings waves of different shapes and sizes, and learning to surf them takes courage, patience and practice.
This interactive book helps children become skilled "emotion surfers." Through fun exercises, reflection pages and practical relaxation and release techniques, young readers discover how to manage big feelings, calm their minds and strengthen their inner resilience.
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
Fun exercises and reflection pages they can work through on their own or with a grown-up.
A shared language for big feelings, with practical techniques to try together at home.
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.
A four-book series for children by child and adolescent psychologist Dr. Jamie Duggan, covering emotion regulation, perspective, neurodivergence and grief. Each book is part storybook, part workbook.
Book 1
Let's Go Surfing!
About emotion regulation You're here 
Book 2
A Superhero's Guide to Wise Mind and the Power of Perspective!
About perspective
Book 3
How to Power Down and Reset
About emotional electricity, for neurodivergent and highly sensitive kids
Book 4
The Forests of Feelings
About grief
Let's Go Surfing! is written for children ages 7 to 12.
It compares emotions to ocean waves that rise, swell and fade, and teaches children to ride them with balance and confidence instead of fighting them.
Both. Like every book in the Nurtured by Nature series, it is part storybook, part workbook, with exercises, reflection pages and relaxation and release techniques.
Children learn how to manage big feelings, calm their minds and strengthen their inner resilience, using practical relaxation and release techniques.
Let's Go Surfing! was written by Dr. Jamie Duggan, a child and adolescent psychologist, and illustrated by Milly Forbes. It was published by Garden Wolf Publishing House in 2025.
Yes. It is book 1 of the four-book Nurtured by Nature series by Dr. Jamie Duggan, which covers emotion regulation, perspective, neurodivergence and grief.
In Canada, Let's Go Surfing! is available from Amazon.ca (paperback). In the US, Let's Go Surfing! is available from Amazon.com (paperback). In store, it is on the shelf at Indigo Pointe-Claire.
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