A Northumberland teenager will see her artwork in print for the very first time in a book set to give young children a better understanding of their mental health.
Preparing to sit her GCSEs in the aftermath of two tough years marred by the pandemic, Georgia Hutchinson, from Ashington, knows plenty about worries and anxiety. That's why, when school learning mentor and mindfulness instructor Holly Taylor approached her about illustrating a story book designed to equip youngsters with the tools to deal with emotional challenges, she was so eager to help out.
Holly, 37, from Whitley Bay, was inspired to write the book by the birth, in 2020, of her daughter Imogen, whose namesake stars in her book 'The Magic Inside of Me, Featuring Imogen and the Mind Monkeys'. It aims to equip children aged three to seven with simple mindfulness techniques and ideas about mental wellbeing, through the story of a young girl learning to deal with the troublesome 'monkeys' stirring up problems in her mind.
