Karen W. Porter

Author, Illustrator, BFA Hofstra University, M.Ed. and Rutgers University, NBCT.

In 2007 Karen White Porter developed her own curriculum that builds emotional intelligence, and started her own school, Loga Springs Academy in Gainesville, Florida. Karen is currently a Director of Loga Springs Academy, a Nationally Board Certified Teacher, and a Director at Everfield Press.

After working for over 25 years helping young people identify their feelings and learning passions, she decided she wanted to provide tools to build emotional intelligence to a wider audience.

She has developed several children’s book series and is currently working to bring them to print for a wider audience. Her most recent and popular works are How to be Heebie Jeebie Free, What to Do When You Get the Bejeebers Scared Out of You, The Secret of Warm Fuzzies, Picking Up the Pieces of a Conniption Fit, and Turtle One and Turtle Two. Abby’s Read Along Sing Along Picture Books are still used as classroom readers in Pinellas County Schools.

I Feel Sick When I Throw Up

Karen Porter's latest picture book, I Feel Sick When I Throw Up is the 26th installment in her popular I Feel... When... series. It will be available for purchase July 2026.

With kindness and a calm head, Deb helps her friend Cal navigate the "scary unknowns" of being sick, showing him that while throwing up is unpleasant, it is a natural way for the body to get rid of germs and start the healing process.

Dealing With Feelings

Join Karen Porter as she delves into feelings on her YouTube channel, Dealing with Feeling. Meet some of Karen’s storybook characters, such as Ada the Feeling Friend from the I Feel… When… series, and Dr. Herman Hinrick Kich from the Emotatudes series. Through art, research, music, and tea we take a journey together exploring the emotional landscape of what we think makes us human, and alive.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC3owLi2-A0MCxfLQh0Y0Ag

Reviews

"A fun way to explore how children cope with their feelings of sadness during the holidays."

- Dr. Paul Cantore, about A Blue Emotatude Christmas

"This book has fun pictures and really helped me talk to my son about his temper tantrums."

- Gail Larson, Piscataway, NJ, about Anne and Amy's Anger

I Feel Sick When I Throw Up

Written and Illustrated by Karen White Porter, Edited by Dr. James Robert Porter, LMHC

Feeling sick is never easy, but it’s especially scary when it’s something a child has never experienced before. In this honest and helpful addition to the I Feel… When… series, Cal is feeling very unwell. His tummy is tumbling, his head is heavy, and he realizes he’s about to experience something new and frightening: throwing up.

Thankfully, Cal isn’t alone. His friend Deb steps in to be the ultimate caregiver. With kindness and a calm head, she helps Cal navigate the "scary unknowns" of being sick, showing him that while throwing up is unpleasant, it is a natural way for the body to get rid of germs and start the healing process.

Emotatudes: Little cartoon characters that help us understand our feelings

Written by Karen White Porter and Christi Grace Porter, Illustrated by Karen White Porter

Emotatudes are little vibratory beings that display what emotions look like, sound like, and act like. Emotatudology gives our feelings names and even paint pictures of what they look like.

Getting the bejeebers scared out of you paints a picture of what is happening inside of you when you are frightened. Having a conniption 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 worlds in living color with sound and movement.

We really can't control how many emotional experiences we will have, but we can control how we will deal with them, but we can ask questions about what needs to be done in emotionally charged situations. The Emotatudes series is a tool to teach emotionally intelligent children who will become the more caring citizens of tomorrow.

1. What to do When You Get the Bejeebers

Scared Out of You: The Fluffy Pink Emotatude

2. How to be Heebie Jeebie Free: Facing Fears of

Yucky Things

3. The Secret of Warm Fuzzies: Opening Your

Heart to Love and Warmth

4. A Blue Emotatude Christmas: Coping with

Depression During the Holidays

5. How Gregory Deals With a Case of Grief:

Finding Your Power in the Midst of Grief

6. Emotion Mandala Coloring Book: Finding

Feelings Through Art

6. Mandalas des émotions

6. Mandalas de la Emoción

7. It Matters: A Caring Emotatude

8. Cranky Crandle's Crazy Conniptions: How to

Deal with Conniption Fits

9. Joy Springs Forth: A Guide to Finding Joy

10. Compassion: Making the World Better with the

Compassion Emotatude

10. El Emotatude de Compasión: Haz Del Mundo

un Lugar Mejor con Sentimientos

11. Anne and Amy's Anger: How to Find Your

Power in the Midst of Anger

11. El Enfado de Anna y Amy

12. Fear Walking: The Fear Emotatude

13. Emotatude Evolution: Exploring

Emotion Formation

I Feel... When...

Written and Illustrated by Karen White Porter, Edited by Dr. James Robert Porter, LMHC

In Karen White Porter’s I Feel… When… series, the Feeling Friends demonstrate how to handle feelings. See how these furry friends learn appropriate ways to express feelings and solve problems by coping with their feelings through listening to one another and observing each other without judgement, expressing feelings and needs, and coping with feelings in compassionate and helpful ways. This colorful series opens the door to discussing emotions in an easy way for younger audiences.

Beginning sight words are used in the narrative. If children can memorize these words well enough to recognize them by sight, they can read faster with confidence. The I Feel… When… books also use nonviolent communication as described by psychotherapist Dr. Jim Porter and Karen Porter in their weekly show 'Feeling Fridays' on their YouTube channel 'Dealing with Feelings' The husband-and-wife team invites you to explore feelings with your young reader as they begin to read.

This series combines with the Emotatudes picture book series that examines how we vibrationally feel inside, the Emotion Mandala picture book, and the Emotion Mandala coloring book.

I Feel... When... Series

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

1. I Feel Disgusted When You Don't Blow Your

Nose / Me Siento Asqueado Cuando No Te

Soplas La Nariz

2. I Feel Embarrassed When I Can Not Jump

3. I Feel Afraid When I See A Spider

4. I Feel Angry When You Eat My Cookie

5. I Feel Anxious When I Get Lost

6. I Feel Sad When You Go Away

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 Rules Change

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

Want : Coping With Lack

11. I Feel Upset When The Cows Get In The Way: A

Lesson on Patience

12. I Feel Excited When I Go To A Party

13. I Feel Giggly When You Do Funny Things

14. I Feel Grumpy When I Have A Bad Day

15. I Feel Guilty When I Eat Your Apples

16. I Feel Hopeful When I Plan A Trip

17. I Feel Hungry When I Do Not Eat

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

19. I Feel Interested When I Play My Game

20. I Feel Frustrated When You Won't Come Down

21. I Feel Lonely When You Will Not Play With Me

22. I Feel Loved When You Give Me Flowers

23. I Feel Envy When You Have What I Want

24. I Feel Proud When I Can Swim

25. I Feel Shy When I Am New

26. I Feel Sick When I Throw Up

27. I Feel Sleepy When I Play Late

28. I Feel Magical When I Pretend

29. I Feel Surprised When You Trick Me -

-COMING SOON-

30. I Feel Overwhelmed When I Fall Down

-COMING SOON-

31. I Feel Cringe When I Hear A Pun

32. I Feel Compassion When I See You Suffer

-COMING SOON-

Karen's Other Books

...published with Everfield Press:

Countdown to Navidad: A Family Christmas Across Borders, written and illustrated by Karen White Porter

Homeschooling in Times of Covid-19: A Step-by-Step Guide with Links to Teach Now, written by Karen White Porter and Dr. Martha Joseph Watts Edited by Patricia Ashton and Mary Bahr, NBCT

Joke Warfare, by Karen White Porter

Live Wide Open: When a Life Purpose Intersects with Our Own, written by Karen White Porter and Kim Ledford

Turtle One and Turtle Two, written by Karen White and Christi Grace Porter, illustrated by Karen White Porter

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Karen W. Porter

I Feel Sick When I Throw Up

Dealing With Feelings

Reviews

I Feel Sick When I Throw Up

Emotatudes: Little cartoon characters that help us understand our feelings

I Feel... When...

I Feel... When... Series

Karen's Other Books

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