Zola and the Too-Loud Day
Some days are just too loud.
Zola hears the fridge humming. She smells the rain before it arrives. Most days her noticing is a gift — but at the Marigold Street fair the drums go BOOM-BADDA-BOOM, a siren wails, a hundred people talk at once, and the fun turns into a wall of sound.
Her dad kneels down. He doesn't tell her she's fine. He finds a slow corner under a big oak tree, hands her a pair of bright orange headphones, and teaches her a breathing trick she can use anywhere. Then, when a neighbor's puppy goes missing in all that noise, it's Zola — with her amazing ears — who hears the one small jingle nobody else can.
This one's for the child who…
- covers their ears at hand dryers, sirens or applause
- melts down in busy shops, parties or assemblies
- loves an event right up until it suddenly becomes too much
Ages 3–7 · 33 pages · full colour
Soft watercolour illustrations, a warm rhyming story, and one repeatable coping tool — plus five “Draw It Yourself” activity pages in the paperback.
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