All ten Finn & Zip books · Available now on Amazon

Finn & Zip

full-speed stories for big-energy kids

Some kids have one speed: GO. Finn is one of them — and Zip is the tiny golden hummingbird only he can see, who zips exactly as fast as Finn's brain. Funny, warm, never preachy stories for wiggly bodies and busy brains, ages 4–8 — each with one real reset skill kids actually use.

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Book one · Available now

Finn Can't Sit Still book cover — Finn leaping with Zip the golden hummingbird and a trail of gold

"Rockets don't stop. Rockets get ready."

A big-energy picture book about wiggly bodies & busy brains · Ages 4–8

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Meet the heroes

A hero whose brain works like your kid's

Finn

Six years old. One speed: GO. His energy topples block towers and saves the day — usually in the same afternoon. Finn never gets "fixed." He learns where to park the GO.

Zip the golden hummingbird character model sheet

Zip

The palm-size golden hummingbird only Finn can see. Zips when Finn's brain zips — and hovers, wings blurred into a glowing ring, when Finn resets. Every book's calm-down trick is Zip's.

Nova

Finn's best friend, head happily in the clouds. The dreamy, drifty kind of busy brain — because not every fast mind is loud. Her story is coming, too.

A peek inside Book One

Finn Can't Sit Still

From the morning he launches out of bed to the fire drill where his fast feet finally save the day — here are a few spreads.

Finn leaping out of bed at sunrise with Zip

Finn learning the Rocket-Squeeze reset in three steps

Finn running full-speed at recess with Zip looping behind

A few sample spreads from Book One, available now on Amazon.

How the series works

One funny story. One real reset. Zero lectures.

Every Finn & Zip book takes one real flashpoint — circle time, screens-off, losing the game — and turns it into an adventure with a reset a four-year-old can do in under 30 seconds. Practiced in the story twice, so it comes home from the book.

THE ROCKET-SQUEEZE

For bodies that won't sit still: squeeze tight like a rocket on the launchpad, count down 3-2-1 with one slow breath, blast the wiggles out — and land.

LANDING-GEAR

For screens-off meltdowns: five minutes means circle the runway, one minute means wheels down — then you've landed. Pilots land; they don't crash.

STORM-COUNT

For game-night thunder: name the storm out loud, count it down 5-4-3-2-1 slower each number, and shake hands when the rain stops.

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The series · All ten written & illustrated

Ten big-energy days. Ten real resets.

One funny story for each everyday flashpoint — and one calm-down skill kids actually keep. All ten Finn & Zip books are on Amazon now. Join the waitlist for the free Big-Energy Reset Cards and first word on what's next.

Finn Forgets (Almost) Everything

Finn's Backpack Black Hole

Nova's Head in the Clouds

Anchor-Drop

Available now · Nova's story

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All ten Finn & Zip books are on Amazon now. Join the waitlist for the free Big-Energy Reset Cards and first word on what's next.

One brand, the whole day

Finn for daytime. Lumo for bedtime.

Big feelings at bedtime usually mean big energy all day. The Lumo Bedtime Books wind little ones down at night — and Finn & Zip helps them steer the daylight hours. Same gentle heart, two halves of the day.

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