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Writing about The Lazy Brain? Everything you need is on this page: the author bio, a ready-made credit line, the five characters, all nine stories and the series facts. Copy, quote and link freely.

Series facts

Series: The Lazy Brain — nine illustrated picture books
Author: Ella Tan
Publisher: Love's Reckoning
Ages: 4–8 years
Format: Digital picture books (PDF), fully illustrated
Price: €5 per copy · currently free to download during the October promotion
Reads aloud in: About 10–15 minutes per story
Press contact: hello@thelazybrain.com

About the series

The Lazy Brain is a picture-book series about Emmeline, an imaginative eight-year-old, and the little pink voice in her head who wants the fun thing, the easy thing or just five more minutes. Each story takes one everyday struggle — lotion time, bedtime, a messy morning, saying sorry — and shows children that hard things get easier one small step at a time. The books are warm, funny and honest about big feelings, and they give parents a shared language: when the Lazy Brain pipes up at home, everyone knows exactly who is talking.

About the author

Ella Tan writes warm, funny picture books about the wonderfully complicated business of growing up. The Lazy Brain began at her own breakfast table, when bedtime battles and lost shoes with her daughter Emma turned into the story of a little voice in a child's head — one who wants the fun thing, the easy thing, or just five more minutes. Her stories help children aged 4–8 notice what their brains are asking for, laugh about it and find their own way through big feelings. She publishes the series under Love's Reckoning. When she isn't writing, she is collecting new stories from the small person who started it all.

More background lives on the author page and the About page.

Credit line for reviews

Please credit the books exactly like this — reviewers, bloggers and journalists can copy it straight into their review, newsletter or article.

Ella Tan, author of The Lazy Brain picture-book series · thelazybrain.lovable.app

Meet the characters

Five friends sit at the heart of every story. Full profiles, traits and signature lines are on the Meet the Characters page.

The hero
Emmeline
An imaginative eight-year-old Chinese girl learning to manage everyday habits, difficult feelings, eczema and growing independence.
The patient guide
Mum
Emmeline's loving mother, who turns difficult routines into playful, manageable moments without shaming or frightening her.
The mischievous inner voice
The Lazy Brain
A funny personification of Emmeline's avoidance, worry, distraction and emotional impulses. It is not a villain — it is a familiar part of her that can learn alongside her.
The ice-cream cat
Chip
Emmeline's beloved pink-and-white soft toy and her constant little companion.
The comforting friend
Scruffy
Emmeline's fluffy, well-loved soft toy who provides comfort when feelings become too big.