Zhiwei Yu

Leaves Unspoken is a picture book about Willow, a little leaf girl whose emotion leaves begin to fall away after an emotional storm.

As she struggles to replace what she has lost, Willow slowly learns that she doesn't have to handle everything alone.

Created for children aged 6–8, the story uses symbolic imagery and gentle storytelling to explore what happens when we lose the means to understand and care for our emotional world, and how finding the courage to acknowledge our struggles, stop hiding, and let go of self-blame can become the first step towards being seen, understood, supported, and reconnecting with ourselves.