The purpose of this creative project was to create a tool for students in educational and domestic settings to have for themselves to help them understand their emotions. Through writing my book I tried to keep in mind the vast differences between all children and their experiences. Mindful Maisy is a book created for all children from any background, whether that be socioeconomic status, racial background, region, gender, and so on. The age range for this book is intended for age four through age eight; the main character, Maisy, is intended to be about five to six years old. Mindful Maisy can be done as a read-aloud or read independently based on a child’s individual reading level/ability as this book is slightly longer and more literacy-focused than other books for the same age range. When writing this, I asked: What ways do children express themselves? How can educators and adults in children’s lives better support them in the exploration of emotional regulation? How can I give the children in my life and in my future classroom a tool that has changed my life? What does the literature look like for mindfulness right now? How does or can mindfulness extend the classroom environment? In order for me to explore these questions and topics, I conducted research of twenty-five children’s books on this topic. I researched the authors and illustrators who created these materials and explored many aspects of the books. I utilized peer-reviewed mindfulness research, available children’s literature, and my personal experiences as an early childhood educator to create Mindful Maisy. I researched mindfulness practices, read, and analyzed picture books, and then wrote and edited multiple drafts of Mindful Maisy over the course of nine months, June 2023 to March 2024. My research uncovered different trends in writing and helped guide the writing and re-writing process for Mindful Maisy. The trends I discovered and analyzed included: overall, the picture books were focused on a 4 single topic under the larger umbrella of mindfulness; depictions of animals vs. children; the calming illustration style and color palette; the use of back matter (peritext) with resources the presence of other social-emotional themes; and finally the impactful/powerful quotes included throughout the books.