Stories for children that help families make sense of big feelings—together.

Story-based books and resources that help families build shared language for emotions and thoughts, and learn how to respond with intention and care.

Featured Series: The Oaklings in Action

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The Oaklings in Action is a story-based children’s series created to help families make sense of big feelings, tricky thoughts, and everyday challenges—together.

Set in a gentle forest world, the Oaklings use nature-based metaphors and warm, relatable dialogue to explore what it means to feel deeply, think flexibly, and choose how to respond when things feel hard.

Each story is designed to build shared language between children and caregivers that support The Oaklings Inner Skills. This language will help families talk about emotions and thoughts without letting them define who they are, and supports responding in ways that align with what matters most to their family.

These stories are meant to be read slowly, revisited often, and lived together.

Books

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Meet the Author

I’m Brooke Susanne Barrett—author, former special education teacher, behavior analyst, and homeschool mom.

I write stories and create resources that help children make sense of their inner world and support families in creating shared language around emotions, thoughts, and values. My work is grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, shaped by lived experience, and rooted in the belief that big feelings are a part of the human experience and together we can support one another through shared language and supportive environments that help us feel safe enough to grow.

For Parents & Caregivers

These stories aren’t about managing behavior or fixing emotions.

They’re about helping families slow down, build shared language, and understand what’s happening beneath the surface—especially during hard moments.

Grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and behavior science, this work supports families in growing psychological flexibility and staying connected as they navigate everyday life together.

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