A Chosen Journey Children's Book

For the little ones who feel everything, all at once.

Written and illustrated by Tahnese Veard · Ages 2 to 6.

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Print-ready · 10 pages · front & back cover included

The Story

A gentle tale of growing up.

Brownee is a curious little girl with a big heart, and even bigger feelings. Some days she feels happy. Some days sad. Some days mad. Some days scared. And some days, all at once.

In this warm and colorful picture book, Brownee discovers that every feeling is okay, that feelings come and go, and that talking about how we feel makes us stronger. Each page invites young readers to notice, name, and sit with their own emotions, guided by Brownee's honest voice and radiant smile.

A love letter to every child learning to understand the big, beautiful world inside their heart, and to every adult walking with them.

The Author

Tahnese Veard.

Tahnese Veard is a wife, a godmother, a teacher, a therapist, a daughter, and so much more.

A Licensed Clinical Social Worker and lifelong educator, Tahnese has spent her career alongside young children and their families, helping them find words for what they feel. Years in classrooms and therapy rooms taught her the same lesson again and again: children rarely lack feelings; they lack the language to name them. Brownee was born from that truth. She is the gentle companion Tahnese wished every child could meet, a friend for the moments when a feeling arrives before the words do.

Tahnese writes from one simple belief: every child deserves to be met with curiosity, patience, and love, especially in their hardest moments. Her stories give families a shared vocabulary for emotions, and a way to sit together in the feeling until it passes.

Brownee has BIG Feelings! is Tahnese's debut picture book, the first in a series that will follow Brownee through the small, seismic moments of growing up.