Interactive book - for girls 4+
When her feelings bubble like a volcano, she needs steps she can actually remember.
When big feelings explode, parents can feel overwhelmed and young girls can feel lost. Telling a 4 year old to 'calm down' rarely helps when her body feels like it is about to burst.
I Can Calm Down turns those intense moments into simple steps your daughter can remember - a warm, child-friendly story that doubles as an interactive colouring book she can truly make her own.
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Does this sound like your daughter?
- Anger arrives fast - and words or reassurance cannot catch up in time.
- Tantrums, tears and frustration leave everyone feeling stuck.
- She wants to calm down but does not yet know how.
A calm story she can personalise page by page
Across 33 gently illustrated pages, your daughter meets a little character just like her - and learns that anger is a signal, and calm is a skill she can practise.
She writes her name on the very first page, colours in the character and the scenes, and returns to her own book every time a big feeling arrives.
Simple calm-down steps
Small, memorable steps she can use at home, at school or at bedtime.
Breathing & body awareness games
Playful tools that help her notice and settle anger before it grows.
Colour-in calm toolkit
Personalisable pages and a calm toolkit she can carry with her anywhere.
What this book helps with
- Young girls who feel anger arrive quickly and intensely.
- Building emotional awareness in language 4+ year olds understand.
- Supporting self-regulation, confidence and calm-down routines.
- Tantrums, frustration and overwhelming feelings at home or school.
- Bedtime wind-downs and gentle co-regulation with a parent.
- Creative learners who love to colour and personalise.
- Sensitive children who need soft, non-shaming language.
- Families wanting a practical, story-led toolkit for big feelings.
Ideal for
- Girls aged 4+ with big, fast feelings
- Calm corners at home and in the classroom
- Bedtime reading and wind-down routines
- Parents, carers, teachers and therapists
- Anyone wanting a book for dealing with anger in girls 4+
A book he'll reach for himself
Made his own, one page at a time.
Colouring, naming and re-reading turn this book from a one-off story into a familiar calming ritual - something your child genuinely wants to open when a big feeling arrives.
Help her move from 'I don't know what to do' to 'I can calm down.'
With her name on the cover and her colours on every page, I Can Calm Down becomes her own gentle guide - one she'll reach for again and again when big feelings arrive.
I Can Calm Down, This Is My Calm Book
by Nicola Ahern