P.A.T.C.H.E.S. & the Feelings Tree follows a bear who cannot explain what he is carrying, into a forest where feelings are finally visible.

The Twilight Forest

The forest is deliberately unhurried. Nothing is chased away and nothing is solved quickly, because the story is about noticing rather than fixing.

Ten Faces In A Tree

Happy, Sad, Frustrated, Angry, Hurt, Yucky, Cool, Afraid, Fluttering and Hope. P.A.T.C.H.E.S. meets each of them and discovers that several can be true at the same moment - the idea children find hardest and need most.

Karissa Hope

Karissa Hope does not remove a single difficult feeling. She helps the bear see what is already there, which is what a trusted adult does for a child.

Reading It Together

Families tell us the book rarely gets read straight through. Children stop at the face that matches their week, and that is where the real conversation begins.