by Ginger Healy
**A picture book about anxious feelings, navigating changes, and the healing power of connection.** **When your knees feel wobbly...** **When your heart feels lonely...** **When your tummy feels scared...** This gentle, heartfelt story gives children and adults a shared language to talk about anxious feelings, navigating changes, and the healing power of connection. Dash, a sea otter pup, has learned to calm the worry in his belly by wrapping himself in kelp and playing with his favorite smoo
Genres: Health & Wellness, Picture Books, Children's, Animals
Tropes: Healing/Growth, Mental Health Representation, Animal Companions
32 pages
Published: 2026-01-08
Publisher: National Center for Youth Issues