The Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings Awareness Tour is presented in partnership* with Purple Butterfly Press and The Children’s Book Review.
Join us on an exciting virtual book tour for Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings by Talar Herculian Coursey!
Dive into this heartwarming adventure with “Furrapist” Jackson Johnson and adorable pup Ralphy as they embark on a mission to help kids navigate their big feelings. The first day of school can be intimidating, but with Ralphy’s Rules, children discover the power to choose their emotions and learn how to respond to them.
Let’s make emotional intelligence fun and accessible for kids! Follow along on our virtual tour as we explore the busload of wisdom that Ralphy and Jackson bring to young minds. Don’t miss the chance to discover how taking charge of our feelings can transform our days!
With a captivating storyline and emotive illustrations, this book is a must-read for parents, educators, and young readers on the journey to understanding and embracing their emotions.
—The Children’s Book Review
To learn more, follow along on the virtual book tour. Be sure to enter the giveaway below for the chance to win a classroom set that includes 25 copies of Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings!
Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings Virtual Book Tour Dates
| Monday, January 22, 2024 The Children’s Book Review Book Review of Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings |
| Tuesday, January 23, 2024 Me Two Books A Storytime Activity Paired with Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings |
| Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Life Is What It’s Called Author Interview with Talar Herculian Coursey |
| Thursday, January 25, 2024 The Fairview Review Book Review of Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings |
| Friday, January 25, 2024 Confessions of a Book Addict Book Spotlight of Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings |
| Monday, January 29, 2024 A Blue Box Full of Books Book Review of Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings and Little Free Library Drop |
| Tuesday, January 30, 2024 icefairy’s Treasure Chest Book Review of Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings |
| Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers Book Review of Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings |
| Thursday, February 1, 2024 Cover Lover Book Review Book Review of Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings |
| Friday, February 2, 2024 One More Exclamation Book Review of Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings |
| Monday, February 5, 2024 Country Mamas with Kids Book Review of Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings |
| Tuesday, February 6, 2024 The Momma Spot Book Review of Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings |
| Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Barbara Ann Mojica Book Review of Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings |
| Friday, February 9, 2024 Stargirls Magical Tale Book Review of Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings |
Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings Book Giveaway
Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings Book GiveawayAbout the Book
Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings
Written by Talar Hercuilian Coursey and Riley Herculian Coursey
Illustrated by Meri Andreasyan
Ages 4+ | 36 Pages
Publisher: Purple Butterfly Press (2024) | ISBN-13: 9781955119450
Publisher’s Book Summary: We have big feelings!
Sometimes we don’t know what to do with them or how to change our thoughts that cause these feelings. The first day of school can be scary, but “Furrapist” Jackson Johnson and cute pup Ralphy of Ralphy’s Rules for the Good Life are committed to helping a busload of kids understand and manage their big feelings. During the ride to school, Furrapist Jackson Johnson teaches the children that they can choose their emotions and decide how to respond to them. Ralphy and Jackson make the complicated subject of emotional intelligence accessible for kids to understand and, more importantly, implement in their everyday lives.
So hop on the bus with us, and let’s learn about how taking charge of our feelings can change our day!
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About the Author
Talar Herculian Coursey is a lawyer by day and a children’s book author, Life Coach, and philanthropist by night (more like mornings). She has been a General Counsel since 2011 and recently joined ComplyAuto, a privacy/cybersecurity SAAS company. Before going in-house, she was a file clerk, associate, and partner at the national labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips LLP. Talar is a co-author of both #Networked: How 20 Women Lawyers Overcame the Confines of COVID-19 Social Distancing to Create Connections, CultivateCommunity, & Build Businesses in the Midst of a Global Pandemic and Women In Law: Discovering the True Meaning of Success. Her first children’s book, Ralphy’s Rules for Living the Good Life, was published in 2021.
Talar has served as the President of the Salt Lake City Chapter of the Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief (“SOAR”) since 2015. SOAR, founded in 2005, supports orphanages in Syria, Lebanon and Armenia. She runs the Salt Lake City Half Marathon every year to raise money for SOAR in memory of her father. Net proceeds from her children’s books also go to SOAR. In addition to being a mother, wife, lawyer, life coach, and philanthropist, she is also a runner, yogi, and Jesus, Eckhart Tolle, Peloton, and Brandon Flowers groupie.
For more information, visit talaresq.com.
Thanks for following along with us on the Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings Awareness Tour!
28 Comments
An entertaining way to start an important conversation.
I would love to share this book with my grandchildren. I care for 2 of them 4 days a week and have to keep my emotions under control. If they see me get upset over something they could mimic how I react.
I would love to share this book with my grandchildren. I care for 2 of them 4 days a week and have to keep my emotions under control. If they see me get upset over something they could mimic how I react.
The books would go to my son who is a 2nd grade teacher.
My boy would love this!
My grandkids would enjoy this book about feelings. The illustrations are colorful and highlight big emotions. It shows you are in charge of your response to what’s going on around you. In other words your attitude is a choice.
Looks like a cute read
An interesting book with a positive message.
I have three small grandchildren with big feelings, so we need this book! Thank you!
I teach in a behavior disorder classroom. We would love to have the copies of this book.
This would be an awesome addition to my classroom!
Thank you for this give away!
Thanks for supporting kids and classrooms.
My niece is a grade-school teacher in a school which is underfunded and always needs support with extra books for classrooms. This would be a big help–she is so appreciative of everything which comes in for her kids.
My granddaughter needs to control her emotions and maybe this book will help her!
This reminds me of a long-ago conversation with my best friend’s young daughter, who was furious because her little sister constantly pestered her, “making her so mad”! We talked about taking control of her own emotions, not letting her sister drive her feelings (because the sister *was* a maddening kid, unlikely to stop that behavior anytime soon, tbh) and instead to choose how to feel, the concept of not letting her sister be her boss by “making her mad”…I would have loved to have had this book!
My class would really benefit from this!
I could have used this book today, when I lost my temper after another adult baited me, and I said something intemperate. I know better and should have done better.
Right now I am taking care of our dog 24 hours a day following an unexpected surgery. Every time I feel frustrated by my inability to do anything else–or anything on my own–I consider how grateful I would have been on the day of his surgery to foresee this “problem”. Having a change in perspective removes my temporary frustration and renews my feelings of thankfulness and love for this little guy.
I am thinking of my niece, the grade school teacher. Imagine if the students of her class learned, as a group, to control their emotions. How powerful they could be when they all harnessed their optimism! When they took their anxious energy and redirected it in a positive way before a test, as in the studies that have shown that students do better when they view their anxiety as excitement? What if, as a group, they valued optimism and positivity and encouragement? They might shut down bullies and mean kids by not valuing that kind of energy, not giving it attention.
I would like to win this contest because I am putting together a box to send to my niece to supplement her classroom supplies. As the daughter of a grade-school teacher I know very well how often teachers spend their own money on items for “their kids” at school and I am trying to help out this new teacher who longs to give her underprivileged students some of the things they do not have at home.
Really hoping to win this for my class!
Got our fingers crossed!
Would love to win this fo rmy grandbabies
Fingers crossed!
I’d like to win this because I think the book would be so useful for kids and adults. Being aware of your emotion and not taking everything personally can make handling stressful situations a bit easier. How to handle emotions is a life skill every one should learn, but doesn’t .
Anxious!! Thanks for the giveaway!
This is such a generous giveaway! It would make a big difference to kids who don’t often get a big gift in their everyday lives from strangers–the kids in my niece’s class. That’s why I’d like to win, to remind them that they are worth a stranger doing nice things for them, out of the blue.