A Scottish folk tale retold for the children of today.

"So cute. Pretty pictures. I like how it explains what the big words are - like anxious."

Angela, Amazon.com

"A favorite bedtime read in our house, and I’ve noticed my children using some of the concepts from the book to describe how they are feeling."

Elizabeth, Amazon.com

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A boy, a wild glen, and a dog who changes everything.

Finn is the youngest of three brothers, and when his mother falls sick, he is the only one brave enough to act. The healing spring is far away, deep in the Green Glen beyond the city, and the journey there is long and unknown. But Finn goes anyway.

What he finds along the way is not what he expected. The enormous Brown Dog blocking his path looks terrifying at first. But this story, like all the best ones, is about how the things we fear most can become the things we treasure most. By the time Finn reaches the glen, he has learned something that will stay with him far longer than the journey itself.

Based on a folk tale first collected in the Scottish Highlands in the 1800s, this modern retelling brings an old story home to children everywhere, with watercolor illustrations and rhythmic verses that are made to be read aloud together.

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Real feelings. Gentle learning. Stories that stay.

Children do not learn about emotions from being told what to feel. They learn by watching characters they love navigate the same fears, joys, and uncertainties they experience every day. That is exactly what The Brown Dog of the Green Glen is designed to do.

As Finn's journey unfolds, children encounter a full range of emotions including: worry, fear, determination, surprise, kindness, and joy, each one shown clearly through both the story and the illustrations. Portraits show what each feeling looks like on a face and in a body, giving children the visual vocabulary to recognize those same feelings in themselves.

Every Page Tells a Story.

The illustrations in The Brown Dog of the Green Glen are not decoration. They are part of the emotional teaching itself, showing children exactly what fear, bravery, sadness, and joy look like on a face and in a body.

Woven throughout the story are check-in pages, where children are invited to pause and reflect on the emotions Finn has experienced so far.

Each feeling is presented in its own distinct lettering and color, making the words themselves expressive and memorable. These pages do something quietly remarkable: they turn a reading moment into a conversation, giving children the language to say not just what Finn felt, but what they feel themselves.

The watercolor style wraps the whole story in the warmth and wildness of the Scottish Highlands, giving every page a sense of place as vivid as the feelings themselves.

Emotional Learning For Children

The Brown Dog of the Green Glen is available in paperback and Kindle edition, for children aged 3 to 12. It is part of the Emotional Learning for Children series.

A story about fear, courage, and unlikely friendship. Finn's journey through the Scottish Highlands shows children that the things we dread most can become the things we treasure most.

A story about change, belonging, and finding your place somewhere new. Perfect for children starting school, moving home, or navigating any big transition for the first time.