Sense Able Story

The Girl Who Ran

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Paperback

£9.95

A gentle sensory story that helps children understand their own pace, build quiet confidence, and discover that slowing down can be a powerful way forward.

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About the book

Sense Able Story – The Girl Who Ran is a calm, sensory-friendly picture book that explores movement, endurance, and self-understanding through gentle storytelling and hands-on experience.

The story follows a young girl who enjoys movement but struggles when speed becomes the measure of success. When racing feels overwhelming, she begins to notice her body, her breath, and her rhythm. By slowing down, she discovers a way of running that feels sustainable, calm, and strong.

Each page combines rhythmic text with simple sensory prompts using everyday materials such as fabric, sand, ribbon, and grass. These prompts help children ground the story in physical experience, supporting body awareness, emotional regulation, and confidence.

QR codes within the book unlock optional extended audio narration and gentle explanations that explore the “why” behind movement, pace, and effort. Children can read, listen, touch, or simply observe. All ways of engaging are welcome.

Rather than focusing on winning or comparison, The Girl Who Ran offers permission to move, learn, and grow in a way that matches how each child is built. It is a story about sustainability over speed, understanding over proving, and joy over pressure.

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“Running fast works for some people. Running slowly works for me.”

Children’s sensory picture book

To help children understand pace, reduce pressure, and build confidence through self-awareness

Children, parents, educators, and carers supporting calm, inclusive learning

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About the Author

Mark McIntyre

Mark McIntyre is the creator of the Sense Able Story methodology, a calm, sensory-first approach to storytelling that places attention, curiosity, and agency at the centre of learning.

His work focuses on creating stories that are experienced rather than consumed, supporting children to understand their bodies, emotions, and choices without pressure or judgment. Through gentle structure, sensory interaction, and optional audio support, his books allow meaning through personal exploration.

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children’s sensory book, calm storytelling, sense able story, movement confidence, pacing and endurance, inclusive learning, sensory regulation, self trust for children, experiential reading, the girl who ran