Stories for growing feelings
Meet the feelings living in your body.
The Notmen is a children’s book series that helps little readers notice what emotions feel like, name what is happening, and find room for every feeling.
Made for read-aloud moments, curious questions, and gentle conversations.
Big feelings deserve gentle language.
Open a story. Notice together.
Our promise
A softer way into hard-to-explain moments.
Feelings, not fixes
Every emotion gets space before anyone rushes to solve it.
Words to borrow
Stories create easy openings for children and caring adults to talk.
Read together, again
Designed for bedtime, classroom corners, and the in-between moments.
Inside The Notmen
Stories that start with what a body notices.
Each book turns an internal sensation into a shared adventure—so readers can meet a feeling with curiosity instead of confusion.
A racing heart. Wobbly knees. A warm face.
The Notmen helps children connect the clues in their bodies to the feelings moving through them—with imagination, warmth, and no judgment.
For the grown-up beside them
Use the story as a pause: “What do you notice in your body right now?”
Language that meets kids where they are.
Playful characters make room for words children can try on in their own time.
Make room for the whole story.
A familiar book can become a small ritual for connection, comfort, and conversation.
A little room for every feeling
Open the conversation with a story.
Find a book for the child who is learning that what they feel in their body matters.