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When things feel difficult, Monty tightens up. In this warm and beautifully illustrated Australian story, Monty experiences what many children know well: fear, worry, and overwhelm can feel big and hard to understand. But as the storm builds, Monty begins to discover that these experiences are not just one solid thing. They can be noticed as smaller parts - pictures in the mind, words inside, and feelings in the body. As the story unfolds, children are gently introduced to mindfulness skills that help them turn toward their experience with greater curiosity and clarity. Monty's Storm offers a thoughtful and practical way for young readers to explore difficult feelings while building emotional awareness, resilience, and calm. With guided practice included, this story invites children and the adults reading with them to continue the learning beyond the page.

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Mark Shiell is a Certified Unified Mindfulness Teacher and the creator of the Oscar the Mindful Crocodile series - a structured collection of children's books that introduce practical attentional skills through engaging Australian animal characters.As a conductor, music educator, and meditation teacher based in Australia, Mark has spent years working with young people, families, and professional musicians. His work explores how training attention changes the way we relate to thoughts, emotions, and body sensations - to both work more skillfully with challenging experiences and to enhance the richness and beauty of the simple pleasures of life.The Oscar the Mindful Crocodile series grew from a simple question: How can children learn to notice their inner and outer experience clearly, and relate to it in ways that reduce struggle and increase happiness?Each book introduces techniques in child friendly language that are adapted from the research-informed Unified Mindfulness system - a structured framework that trains concentration, sensory clarity, and equanimity. Rather than encouraging children to suppress or ""fix"" their feelings, the stories gently teach them how to notice experience one piece at a time: what they see, what they hear, and what they feel in the body.Through storytelling, guided reflection, and optional QR-linked practice videos, the series is designed to be read and practised together by children and the adults who support them - building practical skills that can be applied in everyday life.Mark's broader work explores how mindfulness can support emotional wellbeing, learning, and high-level performance. In addition to writing for children, he teaches mindfulness classes, works with musicians and educators, and continues developing programs that integrate attentional training into everyday life.He lives in Australia with his family and believes that the ability to attend clearly and relate skillfully to experience is not an extra - it is foundational to human flourishing.

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