I Feel Magical When I Pretend

By Karen White Porter, Britt Renee, James Porter

When you clearly want something and do not get it you must cope with disappointment. Feeling disappointed can hurt. Yet you cannot always get what you want when you want it. This happens to Cal and Ed. Ed and Cal are two of the many monster friends who play together in the 'I Feel When' book series. They cope with their feelings of disappointment through conscious breathing and thinking in this eleventh book of the series. Ed struggles with the fact that the ice cream store no longer carries blue ice cream and that is his favorite flavor that he gets every week with his mom. Cal explains that he cannot always get what he wants and helps Ed build coping skills to deal with this. After they order their ice cream at the shop, Cal is looking forward to eating his ice cream at the park. Once they get there and go on the swings to eat their ice cream, it begins to rain. Cal must work out his feelings of disappointment now. This colorful book opens the door to discussing disappointment in a nonthreatening way for younger audiences. It also uses nonviolent communication as described on the YouTube channel 'Dealing with Feelings' by psychotherapist Dr. Jim Porter and Karen Porter in their weekly show 'Feeling Fridays'. The husband-and-wife team invites you to explore feelings with your young reader as they begin to read. 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 helpful ways.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1946785784
• ISBN13: 9781946785787
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Everfield Press
• Length: 41 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.1" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1