The Highly Sensitive Rabbit
Sounds True · Hardcover · October 7, 2025
A highly sensitive rabbit learns lessons of kindness and self-care from other desert animals.
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- Who it’s for
- A warm picture-book story pairs self-care and communication skills with a glimpse of Sonoran Desert wildlife.
- Themes
- Self-care and emotional coping, Kindness and connection, Sonoran Desert nature
- Genres
- Rabbit Stories, Stories About Mental Health, Big Feelings
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A highly sensitive rabbit learns lessons of kindness and self-care from other desert animals. Aurora is a highly sensitive rabbit. She worries about the natural world and the other animals around her. When a flash flood destroys her family’s burrow, Aurora must accept her sensitive nature and learn how to thrive by using breathing techniques, taking time alone, and setting boundaries.
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Eventually, she comes to understand that she can connect with others and enjoy the beauty of the world while embracing who she is. Based on Dr. Judith Orloff’s teachings about thriving as an empath, this picture book offers easy-to-learn coping and communication skills through a beautifully written and illustrated story. It also includes a nonfiction section at the back that teaches about plants and animals native to the Sonoran Desert.
Sensitivity in Balance
A warm picture-book story pairs self-care and communication skills with a glimpse of Sonoran Desert wildlife.
Come here for
- A sensitive rabbit learning to care for herself and connect with others
- Breathing, boundaries, and time alone woven into a story
Expect
- A gentle story about embracing sensitivity
- A nonfiction section on plants and animals native to the Sonoran Desert
Where it sits
| Rabbit Stories | 44% |
|---|---|
| Stories About Mental Health | 44% |
| Big Feelings | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Rabbit Stories
- Big Feelings
- Self-Esteem & Resilience
- Authors
- Judith Orloff, Jennifer Adams
- Publisher
- Sounds True
- Published
- October 7, 2025
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Self-care and emotional coping · Kindness and connection · Sonoran Desert nature
- Reading lane
- Rabbit Stories