Sometimes I Feel Sad | Children's Book About Sadness & Feelings
Ships from Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺
Tracked shipping on all orders
Helpful For:
Sadness is a normal part of life, but for children it can sometimes be difficult to understand, explain or know what to do with.
Sometimes I Feel Sad is a gentle children's book designed to help kids recognise, understand and talk about feelings of sadness.
Part of the Resilience Range, the story uses relatable characters and everyday situations to explore what sadness can feel like, why we might feel sad and the different ways it can show up in our bodies and behaviour.
Rather than trying to make sadness disappear, the book helps children understand that it's okay to feel sad. It gives them language to communicate their feelings, encourages them to seek support when they need it and introduces gentle ways to move through difficult emotions.
Ideal for reading together at home, in classrooms, calm corners and therapy settings.
Why We Love It
- Helps children recognise and name feelings of sadness
- Normalises sadness as a valid and important emotion
- Uses relatable situations to make feelings easier to understand
- Helps children notice how emotions can feel within their body
- Builds emotional vocabulary and self-awareness
- Introduces gentle, age-appropriate coping strategies
- Encourages children to communicate their feelings and seek support
- Supports empathy and understanding of how others may be feeling
- Creates opportunities for meaningful conversations with trusted adults
How This Book Supports Emotional Learning
Understanding
The story helps children understand what sadness is, why it might happen and that feeling sad is a normal part of being human.
Recognising
Relatable characters and situations encourage children to notice what sadness might look and feel like in themselves and others.
Communicating
Children are introduced to language that can make it easier to explain how they're feeling and let trusted adults know when they need support.
Developing Strategies
The story explores gentle, appropriate ways to respond to sadness, helping children begin building their own toolkit for navigating difficult emotions.