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Catherine Clark Felts creates books for children to spark wonder, to support difficult times, and to provide a stepping block for growth in all directions. She is continuously working on new, engaging, social emotional learning, and educational children's books.
Two Time Award Winning Author!
Catherine Clark Felts' debut children's books, Jude's Best Worst Day Ever and Tina and the Mysterious Case of Dance-itis, were honored with the prestigious Ella’s Way Children’s Book Award in October 2025. The award recognizes outstanding children's literature that fosters acceptance, kindness, and inclusion among young readers. Felts' heartfelt storytelling and relatable characters have resonated with families and educators alike, earning her national acclaim for promoting empathy and understanding through her writing.
Latest Release
K.D.'s Journey is a heartfelt story about Kira's love for her Grandpa. Kira's Drawing, K.D. for short, was a special gift she made just for him. But when her beloved Grandpa passes away soon after, K.D. is left behind, forgotten and alone. One day, Kira rediscovers the drawing and sets out on a touching mission: to send K.D. to the clouds, to be with Grandpa once more.
Through joyful attempts and heartbreaking setbacks, K.D. learns what it means to love, to grieve, and to hope. Can this small drawing find her way to the sky and fulfill her purpose?
Brimming with imagination and heart, K.D.'s Journey gently explores loss, healing, and the power of persistence. A perfect read for children and families who believe love can travel any distance.
Tina and the Mysterious Case of Dance-itis
Inner Peace Press is continuing to support and publish additional children's books by Catherine Clark Felts. With a release of April 2025, Tina and the Mysterious Case of Dance-itis is currently available!
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Visit the Tina and the Mysterious Case of Dance-itis site page to download a FREE copy of Tina's Affirmations Cards! Each affirmation is thoughtfully designed to be cut out and placed in spots where a child will see them regularly, such as on a bathroom or bedroom mirror, the refrigerator in the kitchen, a school locker, a personal diary, or even a phone case.
Jude’s last day with his beloved elderly dog, Buddy, feels like the worst. Determined to make it special, Jude wants to revisit their favorite places and memories, but Buddy struggles to keep up.
How will Jude find a way to create heartfelt memories with Buddy as the sunset, and their final goodbye, approaches?
Jude’s Best Worst Day Ever includes an Adult Guidebook that provides questions to help initiate discussions on grief and loss, information on how children process grief, and activities that children can perform with caregivers to help cope with the loss of an animal while honoring their memory.
Jude's Best Worst Day Ever was released on November 2, 2024! To order, please click here! if you'd like to stay up to date with all the latest news and launch information for Tina and the Mysterious Case of Dance-itis and other anticipated releases coming in 2025, please sign up for a monthly newsletter! You'll receive a FREE Activity Sheet that contains step-by-step instructions on how to create a Scrapbook Page honoring your cherished pet!
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Collaborative Author with Ella's Way! Jude's Best Worst Day Ever is ELLA Kindness Certified!
Catherine Clark Felts has been accepted to join as a collaborative author with the non-profit Ella's Way!
Ella's Way believes that early learning leads to acceptance (E.L.L.A). Their mission is to promote kindness through acceptance of differences. With educating young children about the concepts of differences, companionship, and disability, young children will be more accepting of differences as they begin to form their first friendships (ages 4-7 years). Using Ella's Way children's books, they provide enrichment programs that introduce the concepts of kindness, disability, acceptance and friendship.
They are currently expanding their offerings to include grief and other Social Emotional Learning topics, most recently "Jude's Best Worst Day Ever"!
Catherine Clark Felts is honored and thrilled to start promoting Ella's Way with local businesses, assist with fundraising, and securing Ella's Way book donations to local schools, libraries, and hospitals in Central Virginia.
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Congregations! Thank you for writing books that are so helpful to children experiencing emotional difficulties. I especially appreciate the parent/caregiver sections at the end of the books. They provide good education on helping the child