A Soft Place to Land (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781961605732)

The airport is full of exciting things to discover.

For Hana, it's an adventure.

For her twin brother, Joon, it's something to survive.

As crowds hurry past and unfamiliar sounds grow louder, Joon experiences a world that feels much louder than it does for everyone else, while discouraging thoughts convince him that he's doing everything wrong.

Then, a kind stranger notices him.

What begins as one small act of compassion leads Joon to a quiet place where he can catch his breath, calm his mind, and discover that someone had been thinking about him long before he arrived.

Written with warmth and compassion, A Soft Place to Land helps children understand sensory overwhelm, anxiety, and the invisible emotions many people carry every day. Without relying on labels, the story encourages empathy, kindness, and the simple but powerful act of noticing one another.

Perfect for families, classrooms, counselors, therapists, and libraries, this heartfelt picture book is ideal for readers who enjoy stories about empathy and kindness, neurodiversity and inclusion, anxiety and emotional regulation, sensory-friendly environments, airports and travel adventures, friendship, family, belonging, and invisible disabilities. Most of all, it reminds readers of every age that we never truly know what someone else may be experiencing-and that sometimes the greatest gift we can offer is simply to notice.