My Heart Is Loud Today

Theme: A short picture-book story for children ages 4 to 6 about a child facing their first big challenge who discovers that the worried, racing thoughts in their head are not in charge — and learns to slow their breath, name what they feel, and step forward anyway.

Message: When you feel scared, you can slow down, say the feeling out loud, and try anyway — that is what being brave really means.

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Cast

Alice - The child hero — a young girl facing her very first big challenge (sharing her drawing in front of the whole class). Her racing, worried thoughts are the central problem she must learn to calm. from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (PG #11)
The White Rabbit - Alice's equally nervous little friend who models what runaway worry looks like — always rushing, always panicking — so Alice can see her own feelings from the outside. from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (PG #11)
The Cheshire Cat - A warm, steady presence who appears at just the right moment to teach Alice the breathing trick and show her how to name what she feels. from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (PG #11)
Weena - A shy classmate who is also scared, and whose small act of courage gives Alice the final push she needs to step forward. from The Time Machine (PG #35)

Source works

Characters in this book were extracted from the following public-domain works on Project Gutenberg. The AI-generated story is a derivative work; the source texts remain in the public domain.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (PG #11, public domain)
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells (PG #35, public domain)