Cloe Willetts
Cloe Willetts is a children’s author, award-winning journalist, and children's creative and life writing workshop facilitator.
Under her company EQ Storytelling, she specialises in storytelling that implements, teaches, and celebrates emotional intelligence.
The Dizzy Waggle Who Lit the Dark: a glowing tale about the power of big feelings
As creator of the children’s Dizzy Waggle Books series, Cloe wrote and released her first tale The Dizzy Waggle Who Lit the Dark: a glowing tale about the power of big feelings, in late 2021, illustrated by Fabienne Joni Sopacua of FJS-Art & Design.
Using rhyme and imagination to teach children resilience and tools for emotional regulation, the book unpacks a variety of emotions and explains how they feel in the body, while highlighting the power of authenticity and empathy.
Inspired by Cloe's own experiences as a deep feeling child who experienced anxiety, the book secured national media coverage and became a hit with children, parents, teachers, librarians, and health professionals.
Thea and the Dizzy Waggle: a heartwarming tale about loss and grief
Cloe and Fabienne’s second book in the Dizzy Waggle series Thea and the Dizzy Waggle: a heartwarming tale about loss and grief was released in 2022 and also received national media coverage, which told the true story behind the sensitively captured tale about death.
It quickly found its way into homes, libraries, funeral homes, hospices, charitable organisations, and mental health practices in New Zealand and abroad.
Written with honesty and hope, Thea and the Dizzy Waggle is backed by leading health professionals and has made its way into primary schools throughout Aotearoa via Life Education Trust's mobile classrooms.
Lulu and the Forest Troll: an inspiring tale about bullying and self-love
The latest book in the series Lulu and the Forest Troll: an inspiring tale about bullying and self-love was released in May 2024 and teaches children resilience around bullying, empathy and forgiveness, and self-compassion.
The latest tale - inspired by an online 'troll' - is also making its way into primary schools across New Zealand.
To purchase the books and learn more, visit www.thedizzywaggle.com.
Genre:
- Children's Fiction
Skills:
- Freelance Writing
- Ghost Writing
- Journalism
- Mentoring
- Print Media Writing (magazines/newspapers)
- Readings
- Website Content
- Workshops (children/schools)
Branch:
Wellington
Location:
Kapiti Coast
Publications:
The Dizzy Waggle Who Lit the Dark: a glowing tale about the power of big feelings
Meet Zozo, the adorable Dizzy Waggle changing the way the world understands deep feeling kids...
Zozo is a Dizzy Waggle with a heart so big it can light up the sky. When Zozo is happy, it glows bright like stardust. But when the fuzzy creature gets overwhelmed by big emotions like anxiety, life doesn't feel so easy.
When Zozo decides to hide away, it takes a dark storm to remind the spirally tailed Dizzy Waggle that authenticity, empathy, and sensitivity are powerful enough to change the world.
Join Zozo on a fun and uplifting journey of overcoming worry, anger, and sadness, while unraveling the beauty of self-acceptance.
ISBN: 978 - 0 - 473 - 59066 - 6
First edition: November 2022.
Second edition: October 2023.
Publisher: EQ Storytelling Ltd.
Thea and the Dizzy Waggle: a heartwarming tale about loss and grief
Purple Dizzy Waggle Brite makes friends with a tūī bird named Thea, who can often be heard singing from her nest in a blossoming pohutukawa tree.
One day, Brite notices Thea isn't singing and learns the tūī is sick. When Thea tells Brite her body won't be here one day, the Dizzy Waggle has important questions about death.
"What did the tūī mean
about going away?
Aren’t those we love
always meant to stay?
“But I’ll be sad if you leave me,”
Brite said to the bird.
“I don’t want a world
where your song isn’t heard.”
Thea and the Dizzy Waggle is heartwarming and insightful tale about love, loss, and the magic of nature for anybody navigating grief.
ISBN: 978 - 0 - 473 - 62267 - 1
First edition: April 2022.
Second edition: October 2023.
Publisher: EQ Storytelling Ltd.
Lulu and the Forest Troll: an insightful tale about bullying and self-love
Introducing two heartwarming new characters, yellow Dizzy Waggle Lulu and the moody, mud cake making Forest Troll!
Together, they unravel the important topics of bullying and empathy in Lulu and the Forest Troll: an insightful tale about bullying and self-love, the third book in the Dizzy Waggle series.
When the musty and dusty Forest Troll causes chaos in the Dizzy Waggle town, using cruel words that match the anger he feels, Lulu is quick to teach him a lesson about inner happiness.
But the lovable Dizzy Waggle picks up her own lesson along the way, learning about forgiveness and friendship.
Guiding young readers through emotions and resilience, this beautifully illustrated tale is a must-read for every child.
ISBN: 978 - 067 - 00180 - 3
First edition: March 2023
Publisher: EQ Storytelling Ltd.