Big feelings have a way of showing up right at bedtime — when the lights go low and the day gets quiet. The Lumo Bedtime Books meet children in exactly that moment.
In every story, Mira meets a feeling — worry, anger, new-day nerves, comparison, sadness, missing someone — in the form of a gentle creature. And in every story, Lumo, a small warm-gold glow, helps her do the three things that actually help: name it, breathe, and let it go.
The Whisper Worries
When Mira’s lamp clicks off, the Whisper Worries creep out — small, fluttery creatures that murmur “what if…” in the dark. Then Lumo arrives, a little golden glow with a big secret: a worry that gets named gets smaller. Together they greet each worry, breathe it soft, and send it sailing into the night sky, where it becomes a star.
Name it · Breathe it · Send it to the stars
The Grumble Storm
Mira came home with a stomp and a frown — and a small grey cloud began to grumble. As her anger grows, so does the storm, until thunder fills her little room. Then Lumo glows awake with something every angry kid needs to hear: storms always pass. Together they name the mad, breathe it soft, and let the storm rain itself out — all the way to a clear, starry, sleepy sky.
Name it · Breathe it · Let it pass
The First-Day Flutters
The night before her first day, Mira’s tummy fills with Flutters — jittery grey moths that multiply every time she imagines what could go wrong. Then Lumo shares his warmest secret: nervous and excited feel exactly the same inside. One named feeling and one slow breath at a time, the grey flutters begin to glow — until the room is full of bright, golden, ready-for-tomorrow butterflies.
Name it · Breathe it · Let them shine
The Comparing Bugs
Ava paints better cats. Sam runs faster. At bedtime, the little Comparing Bugs crawl in to whisper about it — and Mira’s own warm glow starts to dim. Then Lumo tells her the truth about light: yours doesn’t grow smaller when someone else shines. Naming the jealous feeling, breathing it soft, Mira watches the Bugs turn into fireflies that twinkle with her very own gold.
Name it · Breathe it · Shine your own light
The Goodbye Knot
Grandma's visit is over, and tonight Mira's chest holds a tight grey knot — the kind that comes from missing someone you love. Lumo knows what the knot really is: a thread of love stretched long. Together they name the missing, breathe it soft, and discover the thread that always holds, no matter how far away someone sleeps.
Name it · Breathe it · Hold the thread
The Can't-Stop Thinkies
The lights are off, but Mira's mind is ON — fizzing with Thinkies, busy little thought-creatures that bounce and chatter and will not stop. Lumo doesn't chase them away. He teaches Mira to name them, breathe slow, and let them settle one by one — until her busy mind is a quiet, starry sky.
Name it · Breathe it · Let them settle
The Can't-Yet Cloud
Mira can't tie her shoes. Not at all. Not ever — says the grey Can't-Yet Cloud that follows her to bed. Then Lumo shares the smallest, mightiest word in the world: yet. One named feeling, one slow breath, one “yet” at a time, the cloud begins to glow — because not-yet is a kind of almost.
Name it · Breathe it · Add “yet”
The Heavy-Blanket Blues
Some days are just heavy, and tonight the Heavy-Blanket Blues have wrapped Mira up in grey. Lumo doesn't try to fix the sad — he sits with it. A story about naming sadness, breathing through it, and learning that sad feelings soften when someone stays close.
Name it · Breathe it · Let it soften
The Sorry Stone
Mira broke her brother's tower — and now a cold little Sorry Stone sits heavy in her pocket. Lumo helps her see what a mistake really is: something you did, not who you are. Together they name it, make it right, and set the stone down for good.
Name it · Breathe it · Set it down
The Left-Out Flickers
Everyone at the party seemed to glow together — everyone except Mira. At bedtime the Left-Out Flickers dim her light and whisper that she doesn't belong. Lumo knows better: your light is yours, and it cannot go out. A story for lonely nights and the way back to warm.
Name it · Breathe it · Light the way back
And then — the good feelings, grown.
Books 1–10 help with the hard feelings. The Bright Feelings books build the good ones — gratitude, courage, kindness, wonder, belonging — with the same Mira, the same Lumo, and a few new friends: Theo, Baby Jojo, Grandma, and Biscuit the dog.
The Goodnight Glow
Mira can't settle — not from a bad feeling, just a blank and fidgety one. So Lumo teaches her the Goodnight Glow: gather the small good things from your day, name each one, hold it — and watch it rise into the night like a star you made yourself. A gratitude practice tucked inside a bedtime story — and the first Bright Feelings book, where Theo, Baby Jojo, Grandma, and Biscuit the dog join the bedtime crew.
Name it · Hold it · Glow
The Brave-Enough Spark
Tomorrow Mira has to stand on a stage, and the scared is BIG. But inside every scared, Lumo says, there's a small golden spark that's exactly brave enough. Name the scared, breathe it soft, light the spark — and learn you can be scared and brave at the very same time.
Name it · Breathe it · Light the spark
The Kindness Ripples
One small kindness — that's all it takes. When Mira helps Baby Jojo, a tiny golden ripple spreads out into the night... and keeps going. A story about how one good thing becomes two, then ten, and how even one kid is exactly enough to start.
Name it · Hold it · Send a ripple
The Wonder Wisps
Why is the moon round? Where do stars go in the day? Tonight Mira's questions sparkle into Wonder Wisps — and instead of shooing them off to sleep, Lumo follows them. A bedtime story that celebrates curiosity, stargazing with Grandma, and the gift of asking why.
Name it · Hold it · Follow the wonder
The Belonging Blanket
Mira wonders, the way every kid sometimes does, whether she really fits. So Lumo gathers the warm threads of everyone who loves her — family, friends, even Biscuit the dog — and weaves them into the Belonging Blanket. You belong to more hearts than you know.
Name it · Hold it · Wrap it warm
The Patience Petals
Biscuit is at the vet, and waiting is the hardest thing in the world. Lumo shows Mira the Patience Petals — soft golden flowers that only bloom when you stop tugging at time. A gentle story about waiting well and the good things that grow slow.
Name it · Breathe it · Let it bloom
The Try-Again Tide
Mira fell. Again. And the Try-Again Tide pulled her hope way out to sea. But Lumo knows about tides: low tide always turns. With her friend Theo trying right alongside her, Mira names the fall, breathes, and rides the tide back in — one brave try at a time.
Name it · Breathe it · Ride the tide
The Sharing Sparkles
Share? Her favorite sparkles? With Jojo?! Mira isn't sure — until Lumo shows her the secret arithmetic of giving: joy shared is joy doubled. A warm, funny story about generosity that glows brighter the more you give it away.
Name it · Hold it · Share the sparkle
The Proud-of-Me Glow
Mira finished the hard puzzle all by herself — and then squashed the proud feeling flat, sure it was bragging. Lumo gently disagrees: proud isn't boasting; proud says “I did good.” A story about healthy pride, self-worth, and letting your own light shine.
Name it · Hold it · Let it shine
The Hello-Friend Flicker
There's a shy new kid at school, and Mira wants to say hello — but the gap between them feels a mile wide. Lumo lights a Hello-Friend Flicker, a little bridge of brave gold, and shows her that the reaching is the brave part. Just say hi.
Name it · Breathe it · Light the way over