Sir Barkington and the Feelings Fizz

Sir Barkington and the Feelings Fizz

A heartwarming children's picture book that helps little hearts understand big feelings.

What if feelings weren't something to fear or fix... but something to notice with kindness?

Meet Sir Barkington, the ever-so-polite Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with a shiny monocle, a blue jacket and a wonderfully gentle heart.

One day, Sir Barkington meets a child called Rowan and notices something magical dancing around their chest-a colourful Feelings Fizz. Sometimes it sparkles with joy. Sometimes it turns blue with sadness, glows bright red with anger, shines pink with love or settles into peaceful green calm.

As Sir Barkington gently guides Rowan through each emotion, children discover an important truth: feelings don't last forever. Like waves on the shore, they rise, change and settle-and every feeling deserves to be noticed with curiosity, compassion and understanding.

Filled with beautiful illustrations, comforting language and meaningful conversations, Sir Barkington and the Feelings Fizz helps children build emotional awareness, confidence and resilience in a way that feels reassuring, engaging and age-appropriate.

Created by award-winning ADHD and emotional wellbeing coach Janine Marsh, this story is inspired by nervous-system-informed principles and encourages children to recognise, name and accept their emotions without judgement. Rather than teaching children to suppress difficult feelings, it gently shows them that all emotions have a purpose and that they are never alone in experiencing them.

Perfect for reading together at bedtime, in classrooms, nurseries, libraries or therapeutic settings, this uplifting picture book creates wonderful opportunities for conversations about feelings, kindness, empathy and emotional wellbeing.

• Understand and talk about their feelings
• Build emotional resilience and self-awareness
• Develop confidence and emotional literacy
• Navigate anxiety, worry and everyday emotions
• Recognise that all feelings are welcome

A wonderful gift for children aged 3-7, parents, grandparents, teachers, teaching assistants, counsellors and therapists who want to nurture emotional wellbeing through the power of storytelling.

Book Two in the much-loved Sir Barkington series, Sir Barkington and the Feelings Fizz is a gentle reminder that every feeling matters, every child deserves to feel understood, and even the biggest Feelings Fizz will settle with time.

Because feelings come. Feelings go. Just like the waves, they always ebb and flow.