Ollie's Treasure is tale of mindfulness for young, developing minds. It's a story about how simply noticing and taking in what is on offer to our senses can lead to the Holy Grail of treasure - happiness. Ollie's Treasure takes children on a treasure hunt. Ollie's grandma sends him a treasure map that promises to lead him to `something that will make him happy always'. Of course, Ollie thinks this `something' will be a toy of some sort, but he gets both a rude shock and a big surprise when his treasure turns out to be him! By following his grandmother's treasure map, he is taken on a journey of his senses, encouraged to notice what he can see, hear, touch, smell and taste. It comes as quite a surprise to him to realise that noticing such things makes him feel happy, and that the key to happiness can be found in his own mind not in material possessions. Now available in paperback, the original hardback edition was shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards.

 

This book was recognised by the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Exisle Publishing .

Lynn Jenkins is a clinical psychologist, author and mother of three. Lynn is passionate about early intervention in the social and emotional development of children, and has written picture books on the topics of anxiety and worry ( Lessons of a LAC, Brave, Perfect Petunias, Grey-glasses-itis and Tree ), a picture book on midfulness called Ollie's Treasures , as well as two non-fiction titles for adults, Best Start and School Start . Lynn is passionate about early intervention in the social and emotional development of children, and explores this in all her books. She offers writing workshops for children using mindfulness and brain education to help with descriptive writing. Kirrili Lonergan is a picture book illustrator and art therapist. She has a passion for storytelling through pictures and relates warmly to the needs of children through her former years working as a paediatric nurse. Kirrili is the co-creator of the Lessons of a LAC educational sessions and is currently working on her ninth picture book. She is an active committee member for the CBCA Newcastle Sub-branch and a regular volunteer for Books4Outback.