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The Playground
Paperback
Publisher Price: $16.99
ISBN13: 9780646743240
Publisher: Jacqueline Balsamo
Published: May 25 2026
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.08 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
On a busy, sunlit playground, a child moves through a world that feels louder, faster, and more overwhelming than it looks from the outside. The heat, the noise, the movement, the unpredictability - it all builds, even as other children seem to move through it with ease.
Through gentle, child-led storytelling, The Playground invites readers into this experience, showing how big feelings can rise and spill over, not as behaviour to fix, but as communication to understand.
Along the way, subtle helpers begin to appear - guiding the child back to a place of safety, calm, and connection. Without needing to name or explain everything, the story creates space for recognition, empathy, and shared understanding.
Designed for ages 3-8, The Playground opens the door to conversations about regulation, sensory experiences, and the many ways children communicate - reminding both children and adults that every experience has meaning, and every child deserves to feel seen.
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