Big feelings · ages 5–9

Imani and the Paper Waves

A visual story for recognizing anger early and choosing a safe way to let its energy move.

The story, beat by beat
  1. Small ripple

    The wave was real. It was also not the whole ocean.

  2. Rising wave
  3. Safe release
  4. Repair

The character, held steady

Imani wears a yellow striped shirt and works with blue and violet paper waves.

The approved direction

One approved look before the full book.

The words live in the page layout, not inside the artwork — so you can fix a sentence later without touching the illustration.

Imani and the Paper Waves, visual 1
The wave was real. It was also not the whole ocean.
When it feels like theirs

Let your child see the first pages before you decide about the rest.

Your free preview starts with a story direction, a cover, and one inside page shaped around the moment you name. If it feels useful, you choose whether to complete the book afterward.