Books

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Written and Illustrated by Karen White Porter

Edited by James Robert Porter LMHC

1.I Feel Disgusted  When You Don’t Blow Your Nose

2.I Feel Afraid When I See a Spider

3.I Feel Embarrassed When I Can Not Jump

4.I Feel Angry When You Eat My Cookies

5.I Feel Anxious When I Get Lost

6.I Feel Sad When You Go

7.I Feel Bored When I Can Not Play

8.I Feel Confident When I Do What I Do Well

9.I Feel Confused When You Do Not Do What You Say

10.I Feel Disappointed When I Do Not Get What I Want

11. I Feel Upset When You do Not Come to My Party 

12.I Feel Excited When I Go to A Party

13.I Feel Frustrated When You Won’t Come Down

14.I Feel Giggly When You Are Funny

15.I Feel Grumpy When I Have A Bad Day

16.I Feel Guilty When I Eat Your Apples

17.I Feel Hopeful When I Plan A Trip

18.I Feel Hungry  When I Do Not Eat

19.I Feel Inspired When You Ride A Bike With Me

20.I Feel Interested When You Play My Game

21.I Feel Envy When You Have What I Want

22.I Feel Lonely When I Can Not Play with You

23.I Feel Loved When You Give Me Flowers

24.I Feel Overwhelmed When the Car Will Not Go

25.I Feel Proud When I Can Swim

26.I Feel Shy When I am New

27.I Feel Sick When I Can Not Get Up

28.I Feel Sleepy When I Play Late

This series tries to use mostly sight words that can be found on the Dolch sight word list. Sight words are a subset of high-frequency words that do not fit standard phonetic patterns and are therefore not easily decoded. Identifying these words and then finding them in the story will build literacy. Using words that students are familiar with helps them build fluency and flow in reading. Decoding these words can be very difficult for young learners. The common practice has been to teach students to memorize these words, by sight, so that they can recognize them.

Each story also contains a feeling word to build emotional literacy. It is the author’s hope that while children learn to read, they will become more capable of expressing their own feelings and understand the feelings of others.

By Karen White Porter 

Holiday stress causes anxiety. Ten-year-old Karen is both anxious, and excited about presents, plans, and festivities this 1973 Christmas tale about her family vacation to Mexico and El Salvador. Humorous mishaps, awe inspiring celebrations of Latino food, culture, and customs make this story a holiday adventure worth reading. Is this a story about Santa? The Three Kings? Or is it a story of something beyond our cultural differences, and a close-up look at our hearts. Read to find out and you will not be disappointed.

By Karen White and Christi Grace Porter

 Disgust is all around us. Would you like to see what makes most people disgusted and grossed out?  Heebie Jeebies are the cause.  Read this book and you will learn what can make you cringe inside when you see something positively yucky.  In the world of Dr. Kich there is a science to these feelings we feel that only he can explain.  Be prepared to laugh and learn, and maybe you might start to think about what it is exactly that makes you want to close your eyes, plug your nose, or simply run and scream. 

By Karen White  and Christi Porter

Joy moves in all of us. Discovering how and where to look for joy reveals a beautiful part of life. Journey with Greg, Doug, Crandle, and Eileen as they meet joy in new ways.  Readers will want to reach for their own joy and share it with others after reading what Dr. Kich the famous Emotatude Dr. has carefully researched and collected in his laboratory, under a tree, in the park. Find out how joy springs forth for Greg, Doug, and Crandle.

By Elaine Beem Robinson

Is Santa Claus really REAL?  That is the question Laney West poses as she and her family members prepare for Santa’s arrival on Christmas Eve. Ever resourceful,  intrepid Laney decides to record the arrival of Santa on a video using her laptop camera. When strange noises awake Laney and the other West kids early on Christmas morning,  they sneak down the hall to try to catch Santa in the act.  But there is noone around except a glorious tree bedecked with beautifully wrapped presents.  However, Laney remembers that her video may have actually captured Santa’s visit, if it really happened.  Read what the children discover in this illustrated holiday story, told in the poetic  style of Clement Moore. 

By Karen White and Christi Grace Porter 

Love is there for all you wish to give and receive it.  Have you ever felt warm and fuzzy inside after a loving thought, or deed has been brought to light?  You might have just received a warm fuzzy.  Your heart will be warmed even further when Dr. Kich uncovers the secrets and the science behind warm fuzzies.  His ground breaking emotatude research lights the way to self-discovery of the feelings of love we have in our heart. 

By Karen White and Christi Grace Porter

 Having the Bejeebers scared out of you can make your heart skip a beat.  Many people talk about having the bejeebers scared out of them, but do not stop to think exactly what the bejeebers are.  Dr. Kich, the Emotatude specialist stops to observe these feelings. He finds that these feelings are little vibratory beings that live inside our hearts that can be touched, heard, seen, and even smelled.  They make us feel warmth, love and confidence.  Readers will take away a renewed sense of faith in humanity as they explore ways to overcome the fear one feels when they get the bejeebers scared out of them. 

An interactive children’s story designed to encourage positive conversations between a child and parent or caregiver

 This book shares the development of Schnucki's a small dog's emotional intelligence as she goes on adventures with her owner. This story is told in first 'person'/dog as if the dog is telling the story.   It is a great interactive book.  There are parent questions to go along with the stories.  In all there are 19 stories.  After reading the book you feel as if you know this little dog and the many feelings and emotions she has experienced.  This is a great way to build emotional intelligence and awareness of our inner life that parents can share with their children.                   
 

Rosemarie Ingrid Dinklage, Author

Inge Cibis, Illustrator

By Karen White and Christi Grace Porter

Comfort can come in many packages.. Bejeebers are comforting little vibratory beings called emotatudes. They live inside all of us. A bejeeber is a pink fluffy loving creatures that keep you feeling warm, loved, and secure.

Have you ever had the bejeebers scared out of you? What happened to you that scared you so? Do you remember what you did that made you safe and secure? Have your parents ever had the bejeebers scared out of them? How did they deal with that situation? What made them safe and secure? This book will explain how bejeebers are in each one of us.If you get scared by whatever life brings your way, this book will give you insight on how to repair that hollow fearful empty feeling you get when something scary happens. You will learn positive techniques to limit bejeeber loss and how to maintain and care for the bejeebers you have.

Emotatudes are a new way of looking at our feelings. So often we use adjectives to ‘describe’ how we feel. That is valuable, but can lead to misunderstandings when world perspectives are different. Emotatudes are nouns that show us physical proof of the complicated emotions we feel. Getting the bejeebers scared out of you paints a picture of what is happening inside of you when you are frightened. Having a kanipshun tells us more about our inner life than just ‘being angry.’ Having ‘a case of the blues’ explains more than just ‘being sad.’ What do these nouns look like, feel like or sound like? The answer to that question will help us unlock the passion of our inner world’s in living color with sound and movement.