I’m so excited to be taking part in the Ralphy’s Rules For Feelings Book Tour, hosted by The Children’s Book Review. Check out my review below and don’t forget to enter the giveaway!
Ralphy’s Rules For Feelings
By Talar Hercuilian Coursey and Riley Herculian Coursey
Illustrated By Meri Andreasyan
Picture Book
36 Pages
Ages 4+
Purple Butterfly Press (2024)
ISBN-13: 9781955119450
We have big feelings!
Sometimes we don’t know what to do with them or how to change our thoughts that cause these feelings. The first day of school can be scary, but “Furrapist” Jackson Johnson and cute pup Ralphy of Ralphy’s Rules for the Good Life are committed to helping a busload of kids understand and manage their big feelings. During the ride to school, Furrapist Jackson Johnson teaches the children that they can choose their emotions and decide how to respond to them. Ralphy and Jackson make the complicated subject of emotional intelligence accessible for kids to understand and, more importantly, implement in their everyday lives.
So hop on the bus with us, and let’s learn about how taking charge of our feelings can change our day!
My Review
I’ve been a fan of Ralphy ever since I read the first book he was in. This book is amazing and I think it’s a great way to teach children about feelings. Not only do they get to figure out what’s making them feel that way, but they are also guided on how to change them if they’re not happy with the way they are feeling at that moment. I thought the part where they could leave their feelings on the bus or take them with them was awesome. Overall, I think this book should get into the hands of children everywhere so they can get to know their feelings and how to handle them bit better. The illustrations are phenomenal as well, bringing the story together. Definitely a 5 star read!
Behind The Scenes
Talar Herculian Coursey is a lawyer by day and a children’s book author, Life Coach, and philanthropist by night (more like mornings). She has been a General Counsel since 2011 and recently joined ComplyAuto, a privacy/cybersecurity SAAS company. Before going in-house, she was a file clerk, associate, and partner at the national labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips LLP.
Talar is a co-author of both #Networked: How 20 Women Lawyers Overcame the Confines of COVID-19 Social Distancing to Create Connections, CultivateCommunity, & Build Businesses in the Midst of a Global Pandemic and Women In Law: Discovering the True Meaning of Success. Her first children’s book, Ralphy’s Rules for Living the Good Life, was published in 2021.Talar has served as the President of the Salt Lake City Chapter of the Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief (“SOAR”) since 2015. SOAR, founded in 2005, supports orphanages in Syria, Lebanon and Armenia. She runs the Salt Lake City Half Marathon every year to raise money for SOAR in memory of her father. Net proceeds from her children’s books also go to SOAR.
In addition to being a mother, wife, lawyer, life coach, and philanthropist, she is also a runner, yogi, and Jesus, Eckhart Tolle, Peloton, and Brandon Flowers groupie.
For more information, visit talaresq.com.
Enter the giveaway for the chance to win a classroom set that includes 25 copies of Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings!
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Huge thanks to Talar and The Children’s Book Review for my gifted copy! Grab yours below!
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