Mika’s Big Feelings by Dr. Tabiby Munyoki

Mika’s Big Feelings

A Children’s Social-Emotional Learning Storybook for Ages 4–10

By Dr. Tabby Munyoki

Children experience emotions deeply long before they fully understand them.

What adults often see as tantrums, withdrawal, sibling conflict, stubbornness, or sudden tears may actually be a child struggling to process feelings they do not yet have the language to express.

Mika’s Big Feelings is a beautifully illustrated social-emotional learning (SEL) storybook created to help children ages 4–10 recognize, understand, and navigate emotions such as anger, jealousy, fear, sadness, joy, and love in healthy and age-appropriate ways.

Through relatable everyday childhood experiences, Mika learns that feelings are not “bad” or shameful. They are important emotional signals that can be understood, expressed safely, and managed with guidance and support.

Designed for homes, classrooms, therapy spaces, and counseling environments, this book gently opens meaningful conversations between children and the adults raising them.

This book helps children:

– identify and name emotions

– understand how feelings show up in the body

– build emotional vocabulary

– develop emotional regulation skills

– increase empathy and self-awareness

– feel emotionally safe and understood

A valuable resource for:

– parents and caregivers

– teachers and school counselors

– therapists and behavior specialists

– homeschooling families

– children’s ministries and mentorship programs

Mika’s Big Feelings also serves as a practical social-emotional learning resource for adults seeking healthier ways to guide children through difficult emotional moments without shame, fear, or harshness.

Warm, thoughtful, and deeply relatable, this book supports the development of emotionally aware children who can communicate their feelings with greater confidence and clarity.

Because emotional intelligence begins in childhood — and every child deserves the words for what they feel.

Recommended Age: 4–10 years

Format: Full-color illustrated paperback

Publisher: Elong’o Publishers