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Cally helps her friend Bobbie to understand why he feels such big feelings and how people can act when these feelings hit. She explains how she handles these and helps Bobbie see what he could do differently.
It is a story that shows big feelings are normal and hard. Everyone has them and how you respond affects yourself and others. But it is no one's fault, as everyone has to feel big, small, good and bad moments.
Overview
AUTHOR of adult mental health and grief books and songs and 7 books in this children's book series Like A Duck. The children's books can be read in any order. Other books rated 4/5 and good indie reader reviews for her adult series.
The author herself as a child struggled with emotions so who better to write than someone who felt the same.
Across her seven book children's series Like A Duck, she has covered almost every major emotional regulation obstacle a young child faces:
Anxiety about stepping out of their comfort zone (Otis)
Overwhelm and exhaustion from big tasks (Pippa)
'Off' days and low motivation (Alfie)
Sensory overload, anger, and meltdown behavior (Bobbie)
Cognitive reframing and broad perspective (Little Oscar)
Distraction and asking for multi-angle help (Freddie) and feeling uncomfortable in places but not understanding why or the triggers.
Helping young readers navigate life’s everyday challenges with Ms Taylor’s heartwarming social-emotional learning series, where gentle wildlife adventures deliver practical, lifelong coping tools.
'Like a Duck,' is collection that equips parents, teachers, and school counselors with a shared vocabulary to build lasting resilience, intrinsic self-worth, and emotional strength in every child. Ultimately, they are worth reading because they leave young readers feeling seen, capable, and comforted—which is exactly what the best children's literature should do.
Ms Taylor’s series stands out as an insightful, highly functional collection of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) books. Rather than treating emotions as abstract or scary forces, the series grounds mental health, resilience, and perspective-taking in the calm, relatable world of wetland wildlife.
It is a rare thing for a children's book series to be this scientifically grounded, emotionally intelligent, and creatively unified all at once! Ms Taylor writing style is unique wether it be her children's books, adult books or songs- all are written in the moment and not edited or changed in anyway after. Each of her children's books were written in a 2 hour sitting each and left as they flowed out. Because her message is simple, be yourself and I have a talent and a voice and is should be heard as it is just like every child should be heard as they are, no-one is perfect and edited
The books are not perfect just like her adult books as she lost her editor, her mum, but also because life is not perfect so any imperfections show we all have hard times and strengths and weaknesses but we all have a voice and can make a difference. We are all special and unique but also the same in the fact that no of us are perfect and we all need help or to try again some times.
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Publisher - BookVAULT Publishing
Language - English
Perfect Bound
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By author
Ms Taylor
Published Date - 2026-10-09
ISBN - 9781808976094
Dimensions - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm
Page Count - 24
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