Goodreads asked Sophie Shaw:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Sophie Shaw As a therapist, I kept feeling that if children could get hold of these ideas early on - mindfulness, managing their emotions, resilience, etc - then it would set them up so well for their adult lives.

I wanted something that was aimed at the child who might already be beginning to experience difficulties with their mental health - not kindergarten age, but old enough to be able to imagine and reason and conceptualise the ideas in the book.

The title popped into my head fully-formed one day - I knew what it was called and what it was for - then I just had to write it!

flag