The picture book
Feelings Ghostand the Missing Colors.
Read, feel and move with Feelings Ghost as it finds its missing colors. A body-first picture book for exploring feelings together.
- Read-along moves to do together
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For parents, teachers and therapists
The body knows first.
Feelings Ghost helps children understand big feelings, starting with the body. Meet a little ghost with many colors inside, whose world invites children to read, feel and move along. The Feelings Ghost Method helps them notice body signals, connect them to a feeling that might fit and respond to what their body needs. Every color belongs, and every feeling does too.
Created by child and family educator Dounia Bouadi · 100% hand-illustrated
Bring Feelings Ghost into your everyday moments
Your free Feelings Starter Kit: 8 feeling posters and 8 coloring pages.
Free printables
Feelings
Starter Kit
COLOR TOGETHER
Coloring pages
Choose a Feelings Ghost illustration to color and explore together.
POINT & TALK
Feeling posters
Display a poster where children can point to a feeling.
Body-first emotional regulation
The Feelings Ghost Method.
Big feelings often show up in the body before children have words for them. The Feelings Ghost Method starts with a physical sensation, connects it to a possible feeling and returns to the body for support. The same feeling can show up differently for different children.
Together, these steps give children a simple way to respond when feelings grow big.
Feel it.
Notice the physical sensation.
Name it.
Connect it to a possible feeling.
Help it.
Support the body through movement, breath, pressure or touch.
Created by Dounia Bouadi, child and family educator, trained in Pedagogical Sciences at Leiden University.
See the method in Feelings Ghost's picture book
Inside Feelings Ghost
Every color belongs.
Joy, sadness, fear, Too Much, anger, pride and calm all live within Feelings Ghost. As Feelings Ghost listens to each feeling, another color wakes up. The whole rainbow returns when every feeling has had a place.
Feelings Ghost digital shop
More Feelings Ghost.
Choose hands-on play, creative expression or body-first prompts. Each digital product is separate from the Feelings Starter Kit.
HANDS-ON PLAYFeelings Ghost Busy Book
40 interactive pages for matching, sorting and playful feeling exploration. Includes a parent and educator guide.
US $5.99€4.99One-time purchase · instant download
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CREATIVE EXPRESSIONFeelings Ghost Art Therapy Pack
25 drawing and reflection activities to explore feelings through creativity. Includes a parent and educator guide.
US $5.99€4.99One-time purchase · instant download
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EVERYDAY CHECK-INSFeelings Ghost Feeling Cards
20 illustrated feeling and helper cards, a support sheet and feeling posters. Includes a parent and educator guide.
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What buyers are saying
★★★★★
“So cute! The colourful ghosts really stand out. So much more fun than the regular busy books.”
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“Really beautiful and detailed Art Therapy tool and the Ghost character is adorable.”
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“The illustrations are adorable, the activities are helpful, and they feel genuinely fun for children to use.”
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Ask Dounia
Ask Dounia.
Questions about Feelings Ghost, the method or using the activities at home, in a classroom or in practice? Send Dounia a message. She created Feelings Ghost from her work with children and families as a child and family educator, trained in Pedagogical Sciences at Leiden University.
At home? Ask about exploring Feelings Ghost together.
In a classroom or practice? Share how you'd like to use the activities.
Working together? Get in touch about the book or a partnership.