Dorset author donates mental health books to 100 schools

Author Lisa Everett hopes one day her books will be helping children in schools across the country

An author who wrote a series of children's books on how to overcome negative feelings has donated them to primary schools.

Lisa Everett from Wimborne in Dorset penned The Repairables after working as a school counsellor with pupils who needed behavioural support.

The books, aimed at children aged between six and nine, have been donated to 100 schools in the county.

She said she hoped they would help pupils deal with difficult emotions.

There are seven books in the series, each covering a different emotion

Using the books in her counselling sessions, Ms Everett said the tales were a good resource for children who found it hard to express how they felt.

The first in the series, Naughty Nick, is about a man who is always getting into trouble - and how his behaviour is judged by others.

"I wrote the stories because I thought it was really important for children to be able to make sense of difficult feelings," she said.

"I found that children would listen to the story and really identify with the character."

Enough money has been raised for the first three books in the series to be printed

Other books include Jess and Gerald the Green Eyed Monster, Adam and the Bear with the Sore Head and Judgemental Jack, which cover themes like jealousy, anger and self-righteousness.

"The books explain to children that it's okay to have difficult feelings and that they can be overcome with the right support," she added.

Ms Everett said a friend took on the Three Peaks Challenge to help raise the money to get the books printed for the schools.

On their return from climbing the three highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales, enough donations had been collected to print the first three books in the series.

She hopes one day all schools across the country will have her books in their libraries.

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