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Stories that give a lesson plan somewhere to land. Each book is planned to come with discussion prompts, a feelings vocabulary and chess activities, written to sit alongside the Personal and Social capability in the Australian Curriculum.
Packs for every kind of group.
Planned launch prices, in Australian dollars including GST. Packs are available at launch; ask now and we'll hold a place for your school, practice or club.
Classrooms
For whole-class reading, social and emotional learning time, and chess club.
- Class set, 10 paperbacks
- AU$139
- Teacher's companion guide
- AU$49
- Author visit, online
- AU$450
Therapists and OTs
For sessions on regulation, transitions and losing well. These are stories that support your work, not a therapy in themselves.
- Practice pack: 5 books and guide
- AU$199
- Printable Mission and Reset cards
- AU$29
- Family referral code
- 10% off
Chess clubs and coaches
For juniors who love the game but find the tournament room hard.
- Club bundle, 12 mixed books
- AU$169
- Tournament-day calm kit
- AU$39
- Wholesale for club shops
- 40% off RRP
How groups use the books.
- Read, then play.
One chapter aloud, then the chapter's Mission at a real board. Ten minutes each.
- Borrow the words.
The King panics, the Knights won't sit still, the Queen waits. Children can point to a piece instead of finding a word for a big feeling.
- Practise the Reset.
The same five steps appear in every book, word for word, so a group can use them at any table.
The Calm Reset, five steps at any table.
Children practise it in the story, then at a real board. Predictable steps, repeated word for word, so nobody has to remember something new when the room gets loud.
Stories, not treatment. The books are stories that families, teachers and therapists use to start conversations and practise calm habits. They aren't a treatment, and they don't replace the support around a child.
Pause. Breathe. Think. Then move.
- Touch the edge of the board
- One slow breath
- Notice three things
- Whisper "continue"
- Make a good move
Tell us about your group.
Class size, age range, what you want the books to help with. We reply directly, usually within two working days.