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Simon Finds His Inside Voice
Hardcover
Publisher Price: $21.99
Publisher: Porgy and Petunia Press
Published: Jun 1 2026
Pages: 30
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.25 Width: 8.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Does your child struggle with big energy in small spaces - charging in too fast, too loud, too much - and not understanding why everyone steps back?
Friend Simon Finds His Inside Voice is the story of Simon, a ginormous, loveable great white shark who wants nothing more than to make new friends. But every time he spots a game and swims toward it with his mouth open and his fins flying -
SWOOSHHH - not a creature in sight. Not even one.
It takes one wise, scratchy-voiced crab named Babs to help Simon understand: being yourself doesn't mean ignoring how you land on others. With Babs's gentle guidance, Simon learns the difference between his outside voice and his inside voice - and discovers that self-regulation isn't about becoming smaller. It's about knowing the place and the time.
Written by a retired Occupational Therapist with over 40 years of experience, every page of this book is built on the same developmental truth OT professionals teach daily: self-regulation is a skill, not a personality trait - and it is built through story, practice, and patient modeling.
Perfect for:
- Children ages 2-5 who struggle with volume, impulse control, or social approach
- Parents and caregivers looking for a natural conversation-starter about big feelings
- Preschool teachers and school counselors
- Occupational therapists seeking books to recommend to families
- Children with sensory processing differences, ADHD, or social skills challenges
Printed in the Dyslexie Font for maximum readability and inclusion.
Part of the Porgy & Petunia(TM) series - where every adventure builds a smarter, braver, more resilient child.
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