Sometimes I Feel That Way Too

SOMETIMES I FEEL THAT WAY TOO follows a young child over the course of a day ― from breakfast with family to activities at school, afternoon play, and more. Along the way, the child encounters everyday objects and creatures that stir different feelings in him: a reluctant autumn leaf holding tightly to a bare tree branch, a lively hamster being silly in her cage, or a lonely orange that no one picks at snack time. In each interaction he finds a mirror for his own emotions, and a reminder that all the subtle, complex, nuanced feelings he has inside of him are normal and simply part of life.

From Hannah Beach, an emotional health and play-based learning consultant, and sought-after public speaker, comes a gentle story, brought to life with charming details and expressive characters. Together with award-winning illustrator Rebecca Bender, Sometimes I Feel That Way Too, affirms for children and adults alike, that we all experience a wide-range of emotions―each day―and that these feelings are healthy and normal and simply ask to be felt.

Hannah gives talks for parents and professionals across the globe, speaking about how we can create the conditions for resilience through relationship and play.

Hannah Beach is an award-winning educator, author, emotional health consultant, and keynote speaker. She is the co-author, with Tamara Neufeld Strijack, of the #1 Globe & Mail bestseller, Reclaiming Our Students: Why Children Are More Anxious, Aggressive, and Shut-Down than Ever―and What We Can Do About It, a trauma-informed resource for educators and parents, now being translated into multiple languages internationally. Her bestselling I Can Dance book series, supporting the emotional health of children through expressive play won a gold medal at the 2017 International Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards.

Hannah gives talks for parents and professionals across the globe, speaking about how we can create the conditions for resilience through relationship and play.

Hannah lives in picturesque Nanaimo, British Columbia
Find her at hannahbeach.ca

Author-illustrator Rebecca Bender is best known for her award-winning Giraffe and Bird picture books and Ballewiena. Her illustrations also grace the chapter books Slug Days, Penguin Days, Duck Days and The Halifax Explosion: 6 December 1917, at 9:05 in the morning, which was nominated for the inaugural Richard Allen Chase Memorial Award and was an OLA Yellow Cedar Honour Book. She lives in Burlington, Ontario, with her husband and four children.