The Feelings Truck

Meet Gus, a big truck with even bigger feelings. Some days, Gus feels proud. Some days, he feels frustrated. And some days… his feelings pile up so high they almost spill over. Through simple language and gentle storytelling, The Feelings Truck helps children learn...

Every truck has big feelings sometimes. Gus is a thoughtful little garbage truck who learns something important: his voice matters. When the road feels confusing and emotions start filling his feelings truck, Gus discovers that using a brave voice can help him stay safe, ask for help, and stand up for himself.

Gus and the Two Roads is a gentle, emotionally supportive children’s story about a little garbage truck named Gus who is trying to navigate two very different roads. Along the way, Gus feels confused, worried, and pulled in different directions as he learns that he does not have to choose sides or carry grown-up problems on his own.

Gus and the Stuck Engine is a gentle and emotionally supportive children’s story about a little garbage truck named Gus who feels stuck inside. No matter how hard he tries, his engine will not move forward, and his worried thoughts keep looping around and around. With the calm support of his trusted friend Pip and a kind little frog, Gus slowly learns that stuck feelings do not last forever. Through patience, breathing, naming emotions, and taking one small step at a time, Gus discovers that healing and movement can happen gently.

Gus and the Too-Big Feelings is a gentle and emotionally supportive children’s story about a little garbage truck named Gus whose feelings suddenly grow too big to hold. What begins as a small feeling quickly becomes loud, fast, and overwhelming, making Gus feel out of control and unable to slow down. With the steady support of his trusted friend Pip and a kind little frog, Gus learns that big feelings are not bad—and that slowing down, breathing, pausing, and feeling safe can help overwhelming emotions soften over time.

Big feelings can feel very heavy to carry alone. Gus is a little green garbage truck who drives between two homes deep in the forest. Each home has different routines, different rules, and different ways of doing things. Sometimes Gus wonders: What if everyone could become one happy home again? But as confusing conversations begin filling his truck bed with glowing yellow lanterns, Gus starts carrying worries that feel too heavy for one little truck. With the help of Pip, Frog, and the wise lantern keeper owl, Gus learns something important: Children are allowed to love both homes.