Coral Walker writes across different forms and for different ages—from reflective writing and fiction to children’s stories and poetry published as Mama Maja. Across them runs the same curiosity about feeling, imagination, human connection and the inner worlds we carry.
Feeling Range
Feeling Range is for those who experience life deeply, notice what others miss, and sometimes lose themselves in all that they feel. It explores why some people have a wider emotional range, how sensitivity can become overwhelm or self-abandonment, and how we can build a centre strong enough to remain open without being carried away.
This is not a book about feeling less. It is about understanding what feelings reveal, staying connected to yourself, and allowing your sensitivity to become a source of wisdom, connection and a fuller life.
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Human Vehicle
Human Vehicle explores the layered system through which we experience and participate in life: body, mind, heart, identity and environment. These parts do not operate separately. They continually influence one another, shaping what we feel, how we understand ourselves and how we respond to the world.
Through the idea of coherence, the book offers a way to recognise when these layers are working together, where communication has become blocked, and how we can return to a more connected way of living. It is not about perfecting the human vehicle, but learning to inhabit it more consciously.
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If the idea of the human vehicle awakens your curiosity, you are invited to join the advance reader list. You’ll receive an early copy before publication and have the opportunity to share your honest thoughts and feedback. Your perspective can help shape the final book and make its ideas clearer and more useful to future readers.
Death is Nothing at All
Text by Henry Scott Holland · Extended, adapted and illustrated by Mama Maja
Created in the days following the sudden death of Coral Walker’s daughter Maya, this book grew from the need to find not only comfort, but a way through overwhelming grief. Coral returned to Henry Scott Holland’s original sermon and extended the familiar poem with passages that move from the shock and devastation of death towards continuity, hope and the vivid life that remains beyond physical absence.
This was the first book Coral published under the name Mama Maja. Although she had previously published children’s books in her own name, this deeply personal book did not feel as though it could carry her name alone. Mama Maja arose from her longing to carry Maya’s life forward and allow something born through their connection to continue reaching and affecting the world. Several children’s books later followed under the same name.
Through words and delicate illustrations, the book brings the person who has died vividly back into view—their voice, character, experiences, struggles, victories and love. It absorbed much of Coral’s earliest grief and gave her strength as she tried to carry herself, her family and others touched by Maya’s death through an impossible time. It is offered to anyone seeking life, hope and companionship within loss.
Rain and Rainbow
Poetry by Mama Maja
Rain and Rainbow is Mama Maja’s first poetry collection: twenty-five poems arranged in two parts that travel from life’s difficult weather towards renewed light. Rain enters the places of loss, depression, painful emotion, self-doubt and the struggle to accept who we are. Rather than asking us to suppress these experiences, the poems invite us to listen to what they reveal and discover the strength, understanding and growth they can carry.
In Rainbow, the collection opens towards wellbeing, self-love, inner freedom, hope and the power to see life differently. Written in an intimate voice that speaks directly to the reader, the poems offer encouragement to trust yourself, recognise your worth and bring your own unique flame into the world.
Dedicated to Maya, Rain and Rainbow holds darkness and light as parts of one human journey. It reminds us that rain does not make the rainbow less beautiful—it is part of what allows the rainbow to appear.
Shadows and Sunrises
Poetry by Mama Maja
Healing poems by Mama Maja
Shadows and Sunrises, Mama Maja’s second poetry collection, follows the inner journey from fear, emotional pain and self-doubt towards trust, peace and renewed participation in life. The poems explore what happens when we give our power to circumstances, other people or outcomes—and how we can begin to reclaim it through reflection, boundaries, changed beliefs and the wisdom of our inner voice.
Written largely in the first person, the collection feels like a series of conversations with the self: learning to release worry, forgive mistakes, move beyond the ego’s demands and turn attention from the problem towards what is still possible. Gradually, the shadows open into appreciation, abundance, stillness, joy and a deeper sense of oneness with life.
Dedicated to Maya, the book combines spacious poetry with contrasting light-and-dark imagery. It does not pretend that shadows disappear; it shows how we can keep moving through them until we become able to recognise—and step into—the sunrise already breaking beyond the trees.
You Can Do It!
Charlie & Sokeetee the Philosopher Cat – Book One
Charlie has entered a big race and promises to practise every day. But first it rains, then it blows, then it turns cold—and Charlie always finds a very good reason to stay indoors. Luckily, his wise and mischievous friend Sokeetee knows that a slice of chocolate cake can sometimes help an important idea find its way in.
Through humour, friendship and one very exciting race, Charlie begins to understand the difference between what he can control and what he cannot. He cannot choose the weather, how fast another child runs or whether everything goes according to plan—but he can choose to practise, keep trying and do something he loves.
The first book in the Charlie & Sokeetee the Philosopher Cat series introduces a valuable life lesson through a lively illustrated story. It also includes reflective activities, colouring pages and Sokeetee’s super-duper chocolate cake recipe, helping children apply Charlie’s discovery to challenges of their own.
Good or Bad?
Charlie & Sokeetee the Philosopher Cat – Book Two
Charlie loves drawing dinosaurs and playing his trumpet. Sokeetee thinks his pictures are stunning and his music enchanting—but Mama is not pleased to find a dinosaur on her favourite dress, and the neighbours certainly do not enjoy hearing a trumpet in the middle of the night. So Charlie begins to wonder: are his drawings and music good or bad?
A mysterious bag of money, a charity collection and an unexpected invitation to Mrs Atkinson’s Dinosaur Café help Charlie discover that things are rarely good or bad all by themselves. Their effects can change according to how, where and why they are used—and different people may see the same thing from very different points of view.
The second book in the Charlie & Sokeetee the Philosopher Cat series introduces perspective, context and thoughtful choice through a funny, brightly illustrated adventure. Reflective activities and colouring pages invite children to question their own ideas of “good” and “bad,” listen to other viewpoints and discover that there may be more than one way to see.
Little Me
Charlie & Sokeetee the Philosopher Cat – Book Three
Charlie wishes he were taller, better-looking, smarter and funnier. Perhaps then he would feel confident enough to speak to someone new. Sokeetee takes him to the Land of Possibility, where a marvellous machine can turn him into everything he thinks he wants to be—but even after Charlie changes on the outside, the same old doubts keep returning.
Sokeetee helps Charlie discover his Little Me: the inner part of himself that holds what he feels and believes about who he is. Charlie begins to understand that confidence does not come from becoming taller, cleverer or more like somebody else. His Little Me grows stronger when it is cared for with kind, truthful and encouraging thoughts.
The third book in the Charlie & Sokeetee the Philosopher Cat series explores self-worth, self-doubt and the connection between thoughts and feelings through a playful illustrated adventure. Reflective activities and colouring pages help children recognise thoughts that pull them down, find more supportive ways of speaking to themselves and remember that they remain worthy through mistakes, setbacks and moments of doubt.
The Perfect Tree
Charlie & Sokeetee the Philosopher Cat – Book Four
Charlie is certain he knows exactly what a perfect tree should look like: tall and straight, with bright green leaves and a beautifully round crown. When he cannot find one that matches his picture, he plants a seed and decides to grow a perfect tree of his own. But the living tree has ideas of its own—its branches stretch in unexpected directions, its leaves change colour and it refuses to stay inside Charlie’s perfect shape.
As Charlie trims, paints and tries to control the tree, it begins to lose its health and vitality. With Sokeetee’s help, he discovers that the tree becomes most beautiful when it is allowed to grow naturally: changing, imperfect, full of life and entirely itself.
The fourth book in the Charlie & Sokeetee the Philosopher Cat series explores perfectionism, individuality and respect for natural growth through a warm, humorous illustrated story. Reflective activities and colouring pages encourage children to notice what makes trees—and the people around them—different, special and worthy of appreciation.
True Feeling Stars
Charlie & Sokeetee the Philosopher Cat – Book Five
In a special town where people give stars to show their approval, Charlie cannot wait to collect as many as possible. At first, he earns stars by helping others and feels wonderful. But before long, he begins changing how he looks, saying things he does not believe and doing things he does not want to do—all to please people and gain more stars.
Although Charlie’s coat becomes covered in stars, he feels worse than ever. With Sokeetee’s help, he learns the difference between troublesome stars, gained by moving away from himself for approval, and true feeling stars, which reflect the genuine warmth, joy and purpose he feels when acting from his own heart.
The fifth book in the Charlie & Sokeetee the Philosopher Cat series explores approval, people-pleasing and inner guidance through a colourful, humorous adventure. Reflective activities and colouring pages help children notice how judgement affects them, separate other people’s opinions from their own worth and begin trusting the feelings that arise when they are being true to themselves.
Little Boy George Wants to Be a Bird
A picture book by Coral Walker
Little Boy George wants to be a bird—so he grows a pair of great spreading wings and flies into the sky. Then he wants to be a whale, a monkey and a lion, each new wish carrying him into another wonderfully unexpected adventure.
Through playful repetition and richly imaginative illustrations, George tries on the freedom of flight, the depths of the sea, the excitement of swinging through trees and the magnificence of becoming king of the wild. Yet after all his transformations, he discovers that being a little boy has pleasures of its own: playing in the park, eating ice cream and returning home to cuddles and bedtime stories.
One of Coral Walker’s early children’s books, Little Boy George Wants to Be a Bird celebrates imagination, possibility and the quiet happiness of coming home to yourself.
First published by Starfish Bay Publishing in 2019.
