Hope. Dreams. Life... Love: It's OK to Have Feelings

It's OK to Have Feelings

by Aileen Pound and Michaela Robertson Keane

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GENRE: Children's

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BLURB:

It's OK to have feelings.

Everyone has feelings. Happy, sad, and angry are feelings we all have felt at one time or another. As you grow up, you start to feel other feelings. Can you guess what some of them might be?

What happens to our bodies when we start to feel these feelings? When you're happy, you feel like the sky is blue, the sun is out and you can see unicorns and rainbows. Your smile is bigger, and your eyes have a sparkle in them. What happens to your body when it's a feeling you've never felt before?

Come along and join in with all the other children learning how to identify feelings and what happens to their bodies when they feel those feelings.

Remember, it's OK to have feelings!

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EXCERPT

Has there ever been a day where you feel as happy as can be?

The sun is shining; the sky is blue… wait,

can you see a unicorn or two?

These are the best days; I definitely agree. When you

feel happy, your smile is bigger, your voice is full of

laughter, and your whole body is bursting with joy.

It’s OK to have feelings xx

On other days, you may feel sad . The sky appears

a little grey; the unicorns have gone away.

You may be teary and quiet, and perhaps you have no energy.

Just remember, though...

It’s OK to have feelings; these feelings of sadness will pass.

Tomorrow is another day.

A Word With the Author

1.Did you always want to be an author?

No, I didn’t always want to be an author. When I was younger I wanted to be either an actress or an archaeologist. However I have always loved writing and anything creative.

2.Tell us about the publication of your first book.

The publication of Michaela and I’s first book was a long process.

After we had written the book, I did it if research to see if our book was similar to any other books or how we could make ours different,

After that I started looking at different ways to publish the book. Having a publishing house publish your book is very hard and some are not even taking new manuscripts. So I started researching self publishing,

After I found Tellwell they made the process a lot easier and gave me lots of resources to refer to if I needed help,

3.Besides yourself, who is your favorite author in the genre you write in?

Aaron Blabley – Pig the pug series

Matt Cosgrove – Macca the Alpaca series

And

Groovicorns by Rosie Greening

4.What's the best part of being an author? The worst?

The best parts of being an author is getting to help people or entertain people; In Michaela and I’s case, children. The worst thing about being an author is the fear that no one will like your book!

5.What are you working on now?

A few years ago I wrote a story about a little girl (my daughter) who travels to lots of different countries. Michaela and I are also working on a book about horses and unicorns as they are two of Michaela’s subjects.

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Aileen Pound and Michaela Robertson Keane are a mother and daughter team.

Michaela, who is six, is Aileen's only child, and they spend a lot of time doing lots of fun things together: going on adventures, creating and being imaginative at home. So last year, when they were housebound during COVID, they started talking a lot about feelings, especially ones that Michaela had never felt before. So they decided to write a book together to help other children with their feelings.

Aileen and Michaela spent a long time talking about what feelings to put in the book, and Michaela provided Aileen all the examples that are in the book. As with everything, they wrote this book together, and Michaela had a very clear image of how she wanted the illustrations to look.

CONNECT WITH AILEEN

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Mum2one_xx-105335508321963

INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/mum2one_xx/

TIKTOK: www.tiktok.com/@mum2one_xx

PURCHASE LINKS

AMAZON

https://amazon.com/dp/0228852625

KINDLE

https://amazon.com/dp/B099FBYPZN

BARNES & NOBLE

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/its-ok-to-have-feelings-aileen-pound/1139895377

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