When Feelings Get Too Big

By Marion Rhines

Jake is an eight-year-old with sensory challenges. Sometimes he has trouble understanding how he feels.

As children see the world through Jake’s eyes, they learn how even the simplest things can be difficult for someone who feels differently. When noises are too loud around him and Jake feels overwhelmed, he puts on his headphones to achieve quiet. When he feels angry, he sits on the swings with his sister to calm down. When he is uncomfortable sleeping, he pulls a sleeping bag around him to feel safe. Even though his feelings are sometime scary, Jake uses lots of tricks to get through every day, especially when his emotions feel too big.

In this insightful tale, an eight-year-old provides a peek into his daily life and all the ways he manages the sensory issues that affect his emotions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Sep 23, 2020
• ISBN: 9781663209306

Marion Rhines

Marion Rhines has been a contributing writer to the Fostering Families Today magazine, drawing from her experience as a foster/adoptive parent. She lives with her family in Knoxville, Tennessee. She is the wife of a military veteran, mother of five children, but she has also been a private child-care provider, substitute teacher, and a medical office receptionist. She gets her best ideas from her real life. Marion loves to write poems, many of which have been turned into bookmarks for foster parents and the lyrics to a song.

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