Written from a mother's heart.
Creator of the Zebra Baby emotional learning series helping children feel safe, confident, understood, and proud of who they are.
Inspired by motherhood, emotional learning, and the gentle everyday moments that help children grow.
Kelly Anderson is the creator of the Zebra Baby emotional learning series. She wrote Zebra Baby's Beautiful Stripes for her son, Kairo, inspired by the belief that what makes us different is what makes us special.
Through gentle storytelling and emotionally warm moments between Zebra Baby and her mom, Kelly creates stories designed to help children build confidence, kindness, emotional resilience, self expression, and emotional safety.
Her goal is to create books that feel calming, supportive, relatable, and emotionally meaningful for both children and the adults reading with them.
Kelly lives in Portland, Oregon with her son and continues to write new Zebra Baby stories focused on helping children navigate emotions, friendships, confidence, boundaries, and everyday childhood experiences.
Stories for the feelings children can't always name.
Zebra Baby was created from a desire to help children feel emotionally seen, safe, understood, and supported.
Many children experience big emotions, self doubt, nervousness, frustration, or feelings of being left out, but do not always have the words to explain what they are feeling.
The Zebra Baby series gently introduces emotional learning concepts in ways children can understand through comforting storytelling, relatable moments, emotional reassurance, and supportive parent and child interactions.
The emotional mission behind the series
Each Zebra Baby story is a quiet step toward emotional growth, woven into storytime, not saved for later.
- Build confidence and self esteem
- Navigate big feelings safely
- Learn emotional regulation skills
- Practice patience and resilience
- Develop healthy boundaries
- Feel included and understood
- Learn courage and self expression
- Understand that mistakes are part of growth
What you can expect from every book
Zebra Baby is a calming, trustworthy resource for parents, caregivers, educators, and classrooms, with stories that meet children where they are with warmth and emotional intelligence.
- Gentle, emotionally supportive storytelling
- Age appropriate emotional learning themes
- Calming and reassuring language
- Relatable everyday childhood moments
- Stories designed for bedtime, classrooms, SEL learning, and calm down routines
- Warm illustrations and emotionally safe experiences
The future of Zebra Baby
A growing library of gentle stories, with more emotional learning resources on the way.
Current stories
- Zebra Baby's Beautiful Stripes
- Zebra Baby Learns to Wait Her Turn
- Zebra Baby Has Big Feelings
- Zebra Baby Tries Something New
- Zebra Baby Makes a Mistake
- Zebra Baby Finds Her Voice
- Zebra Baby Sets a Boundary
- Zebra Baby Feels Left Out
- Zebra Baby Shares the Spotlight
What's next
The Zebra Baby brand may later expand into:
- Emotional learning activities
- Printable resources
- Classroom and teacher materials
- Parent resources
- Storytime videos and emotional learning content
A modern emotional learning author brand, rooted in real motherhood.
Kelly writes from the everyday moments that shape childhood: bedtime conversations, first day nerves, waiting for a turn, and finding the courage to speak up. Zebra Baby is the companion she wished she had on the shelf: calming, premium, and emotionally intelligent while still feeling warm, gentle, and child centered.
“Every child deserves to feel like the most loved character in their own story.”
Gentle moments on video
Real mom life, emotional learning, and quiet encouragement from Kelly's YouTube channel.
Helping children grow emotionally, one gentle story at a time.
Explore the Zebra Baby emotional learning series and follow along for future stories, new releases, and upcoming emotional learning content.