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🐰 Sometimes happiness feels far away. Dillon knows exactly how that feels.
Where Is My Happiness? is Book 1 of the Adventures with Dillon the Rabbit and the Maplewood Friends series — a children's book that tackles one of the most important and least talked-about topics in early childhood: mental health.
When Dillon wakes up one day and can't find his happiness anywhere in Maplewood, he sets out on a journey to find it. Along the way he discovers something that changes everything — happiness isn't always a place you find. Sometimes it's something you build, one small moment at a time. And on the hardest days, having the right tools and the right people around you makes all the difference.
💛 What Is This Guide?
This printable Parent Discussion Guide is designed to help parents, caregivers, and educators go deeper with the young readers in their lives — opening meaningful, age-appropriate conversations about emotions, mental health, coping skills, and what it truly means to find happiness.
Created by a children's book author who knows firsthand what it feels like to grow up without the language for hard emotions — every question, activity, and tip in this guide was written with one goal: making sure no child has to navigate big feelings alone.
📖 What's Inside
6 thoughtfully crafted sections:
✨ Understanding Happiness — 5 discussion questions exploring what happiness really means and where it comes from. Includes the Happiness Map activity.
💛 Understanding & Naming Emotions — 5 questions helping children identify, name, and accept all of their feelings — even the hard ones. Includes the Feelings Wheel activity.
🧠 Mental Health & The Hard Days — 5 questions gently introducing children to mental health concepts and normalizing the idea that some days just feel heavy. Includes a heartfelt note written specifically for caregivers.
🌱 Coping Skills & Feeling Better — 5 questions teaching children practical, loving tools they can use when emotions feel overwhelming. Includes the full Maplewood Coping Toolkit.
🐰 What Would Dillon Do? — 4 real life emotional scenarios designed for children to practice applying the book's lessons to everyday situations.
🌟 Daily Affirmations with Dillon — 7 affirmations about emotions, coping, and happiness — perfect for morning routines or bedtime wind-downs.
Plus:
A heartfelt note written specifically for the grown-ups
Conversation tips for every single discussion question
Simple, no-prep activities the whole family can do together
👨👩👧 Who Is This For?
This guide is perfect for:
Parents who want to open mental health conversations with their child early
Grandparents and caregivers who read together with young ones
Teachers and school counselors looking for social-emotional learning tools
Child therapists seeking accessible, story-based conversation starters
Anyone who wants to give a child the emotional tools they deserve to have
📚 Part of a Complete Series
This guide is Book 1 in a series of three discussion guides tied to the Adventures with Dillon the Rabbit and the Maplewood Friends books:
📖 Book 1 — Where Is My Happiness? — Mental health, emotions & coping skills (You are here!) 📖 Book 2 — Where Did My Friend Go? — Jealousy, friendship & navigating emotions (Available June 1, 2026) 📖 Book 3 — Where Did My Money Go? — Financial literacy for kids (Available June 1, 2026)
💛 Grab all three as a Complete Series Bundle and save!
📥 What You'll Receive
Instant download — printable PDF
Print at home on standard letter size paper
Designed to be used alongside Where Is My Happiness? Book 1
For children ages 4–10
💛 A Note From the Author
This series exists because I know firsthand what it feels like to struggle with mental health and wish someone had handed me a map. I wrote this book and this guide for the children who are quietly carrying big feelings they don't have words for yet — and for the grown-ups who love them and want to help. You are giving your child something I wish I had growing up. That means everything. 💛
— Bobby, creator of Adventures with Dillon the Rabbit
🐰 Sometimes happiness feels far away. Dillon knows exactly how that feels.
Where Is My Happiness? is Book 1 of the Adventures with Dillon the Rabbit and the Maplewood Friends series — a children's book that tackles one of the most important and least talked-about topics in early childhood: mental health.
When Dillon wakes up one day and can't find his happiness anywhere in Maplewood, he sets out on a journey to find it. Along the way he discovers something that changes everything — happiness isn't always a place you find. Sometimes it's something you build, one small moment at a time. And on the hardest days, having the right tools and the right people around you makes all the difference.
💛 What Is This Guide?
This printable Parent Discussion Guide is designed to help parents, caregivers, and educators go deeper with the young readers in their lives — opening meaningful, age-appropriate conversations about emotions, mental health, coping skills, and what it truly means to find happiness.
Created by a children's book author who knows firsthand what it feels like to grow up without the language for hard emotions — every question, activity, and tip in this guide was written with one goal: making sure no child has to navigate big feelings alone.
📖 What's Inside
6 thoughtfully crafted sections:
✨ Understanding Happiness — 5 discussion questions exploring what happiness really means and where it comes from. Includes the Happiness Map activity.
💛 Understanding & Naming Emotions — 5 questions helping children identify, name, and accept all of their feelings — even the hard ones. Includes the Feelings Wheel activity.
🧠 Mental Health & The Hard Days — 5 questions gently introducing children to mental health concepts and normalizing the idea that some days just feel heavy. Includes a heartfelt note written specifically for caregivers.
🌱 Coping Skills & Feeling Better — 5 questions teaching children practical, loving tools they can use when emotions feel overwhelming. Includes the full Maplewood Coping Toolkit.
🐰 What Would Dillon Do? — 4 real life emotional scenarios designed for children to practice applying the book's lessons to everyday situations.
🌟 Daily Affirmations with Dillon — 7 affirmations about emotions, coping, and happiness — perfect for morning routines or bedtime wind-downs.
Plus:
A heartfelt note written specifically for the grown-ups
Conversation tips for every single discussion question
Simple, no-prep activities the whole family can do together
👨👩👧 Who Is This For?
This guide is perfect for:
Parents who want to open mental health conversations with their child early
Grandparents and caregivers who read together with young ones
Teachers and school counselors looking for social-emotional learning tools
Child therapists seeking accessible, story-based conversation starters
Anyone who wants to give a child the emotional tools they deserve to have
📚 Part of a Complete Series
This guide is Book 1 in a series of three discussion guides tied to the Adventures with Dillon the Rabbit and the Maplewood Friends books:
📖 Book 1 — Where Is My Happiness? — Mental health, emotions & coping skills (You are here!) 📖 Book 2 — Where Did My Friend Go? — Jealousy, friendship & navigating emotions (Available June 1, 2026) 📖 Book 3 — Where Did My Money Go? — Financial literacy for kids (Available June 1, 2026)
💛 Grab all three as a Complete Series Bundle and save!
📥 What You'll Receive
Instant download — printable PDF
Print at home on standard letter size paper
Designed to be used alongside Where Is My Happiness? Book 1
For children ages 4–10
💛 A Note From the Author
This series exists because I know firsthand what it feels like to struggle with mental health and wish someone had handed me a map. I wrote this book and this guide for the children who are quietly carrying big feelings they don't have words for yet — and for the grown-ups who love them and want to help. You are giving your child something I wish I had growing up. That means everything. 💛
— Bobby, creator of Adventures with Dillon the Rabbit
