Teachers and Parents
Welcome, my name is Rebecca
I am the author of The E-motions Series – children’s books focusing on emotional wellbeing for children aged 3–6.
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The first books in this series of 6, are Scaredy Bear’s Courageous Tale and Sad Seal Saves the Day. Happy Harry, the Whistling Frog will be released later this year.
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'The E-motions – Little Poems for Big Feelings' will be released later in 2026, giving you (teachers and parents) the opportunity to pick a poem as the focus for exploring emotions with your children.
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All of the books are designed to help children in KS1 explore and understand their emotional wellbeing in a fun and engaging way, supporting the PSHE curriculum.
School Visits – Explore Emotions Through Story and Play
Bring the E-motions stories to life with an engaging book reading, interactive storytelling, and hands-on activities.
Children are invited to act out key moments from the book, helping them connect with the characters and themes in a meaningful way. This is followed by themed activities featuring the E-motion characters, giving teachers a firsthand experience of how the books can support emotional wellbeing in the classroom.
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With the increasing emphasis on mental health and emotional wellbeing in schools, these books, games and activity sheets offer valuable resources to support children's emotional development within the PHSE Curriculum.
The Power Behind the Pages:
Stories That Shape Emotional Wellbeing for Life
Storytime is when our thinking mind quietens down, and the messages from the story go straight to the subconscious.
I know – scary, right? No wonder it took me until the age of 53 to get married… I was always waiting for the ‘happily ever after’!
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Before the age of 7, our brains are like sponges – I’m sure you’ve noticed! Young children take everything in and begin to make sense of what it means for them. This shapes their habits, behaviours, and beliefs – forming the adults they eventually become.
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That’s why stories are incredibly powerful for early development. And honestly, I was shocked to see some of the stories out there, with underlying messages that may be going straight into a child’s subconscious – without them, or more importantly the adults around them, not even realising it.
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That’s why my stories are carefully written to send the right messages beneath the surface. Alongside practical ways for children to self-regulate, they include subtle lessons – like Scaredy Bear hiding his feelings behind a mask, while his friends see beyond it and support him (a gentle reminder that things aren’t always as they seem, and that we often sense more than we know). Or Fear, sitting beside him on the raft, to show that feelings come and go – but they are not who we are.
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And those are just a couple of examples. There are many more powerful, positive messages woven into the stories – and I love sharing them during my sessions to help children (and adults) see emotions in a new, more helpful way.
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Welcome to the E-motions Stories and Activities
Scaredy Bear's Courageous Tale
Scaredy Bear is afraid of everything, from dark caves to loud noises. But when winter arrives and he must step into the unknown, he discovers that courage can grow, even in the scariest moments.
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Join Scaredy Bear on his journey, where he comes face to face with some of his biggest fears.
With support from his friends, and using self-regulation techniques, he learns to overcome his fears — discovering that in some situations, fear is actually useful.
Through playful rhymes, this delightful tale helps children see that even the bravest hearts can feel fear and that taking small steps can lead to big adventures.
Sad Seal Saves the Day
When Sad Seal is lost out at sea and doesn’t know how to find his way back home, he can’t stop crying.
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Everything changes when he becomes a hero in a strange land, and a kind whale offers to take him home, allowing Sad Seal to share his tales of woe.
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This gentle, rhyming tale helps young readers understand emotions and the power of sharing how they feel.
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Sessions that are Fun and Engaging
As a qualified trainer with over 20 years experience, I have lots of resources to help to teach the deeper meaning of the stories in a fun and engaging way.
I can draw the emotions for the children to guess them, we can play Bingo, interactive team card games, or they can enjoy colouring in the activity sheets.
I'll tailor the sessions to meet your needs.
Resources to Help Children, Teachers and SENCO
Card Games to Teach Emotions
I can bring 2 sets of 32 E-motion cards that can be used to play various games such as snap, pairs or charades.
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E-motions Bingo can also be a fun and interactive way for the children to become familiar with the different emotions.
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Teaching Resources for Teachers and SENCO
Teaching resources such as the E-motions Ladder, teach children how some emotions feel lower than others, i.e. fear is low, whereas calm is higher, helping them to self-regulate and find a quicker way to calm.
There are SENCO support notes and colouring in books too as well as Flash Cards that give easy to understand explanations for each of the emotions.
The E-motion Characters - 16 Common Emotions
Hi, I'm Rebecca Bishop
In my extensive experience as a holistic therapist, I've witnessed powerful transformations as clients released layers of pain and trauma from their childhood.
This led me to question 'if we mainly operate from our subconscious (which was mostly programmed before the age of seven), then why not work with young children and make an impactful change that will serve them for the rest of their lives?'.
As a qualified NLP Master Practitioner, Energy Alignment Method Mentor, and RQF Level 5 Trainer, my own journey of self-discovery revealed that I had an inability to fully feel emotions, which throughout my 20’s and 30’s resulted in often feeling low and depressed.
Rooted in core beliefs like 'it’s wrong to feel anger,' 'angry people are bad,' and 'it’s not acceptable to cry', I learned to suppress my emotions. This inability to feel kept me stuck when it came to romantic relationships and made the world feel like a frightening place.
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That’s why all of my stories carry powerful underlying messages designed to support children’s emotional wellbeing and shape them into the adults they become.
As a children’s author, I take my responsibility seriously – especially knowing that the messages we share with young children, while their brains are still in that programming stage (before the age of 7), can stay with them for life.
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Every word, character, and emotion is chosen with care – because stories have the power to heal, shape, and guide the hearts and minds of the next generation.
What Teachers are Saying
Great for PHSE lessons
"These stories are fantastic for young children with their lovable characters and captivating storylines.
They would be great to use in PSHE lessons with children who may be struggling with different emotions, as well as being enjoyed by the whole class during story time".
Miss Bonner, former Assistant Head of Barrow Hall Primary School, currently Education Specialist at Findel
Children were engaged throughout
​​ "Children loved the rhyming and were engaged throughout the whole story. The visuals were very engaging.
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Emotions – currently a big push for speech and language (particularly for children with SEND - additional needs) to understand emotions and self-regulation. We printed some of the slides and my TA did some drawing of the characters and discussion with our children on Speech and Language".​
Mr Porter, Reception Teacher, (Read to Reception Class) Evelyn Street Primary School.
Children learn how to deal
with their Fears
"The story was simple and easy to follow for young children due to the use of rhyme and colourful pictures.
Your delivery was great as the children were engaged from the start due to you wearing the bear ears and neckerchief.
Children were introduced to lots of different fears that they could relate to but most importantly, how to deal with their fears"
Ms Palfreyman (SENCO) and Ms Grogan, Reception Teachers, Cobbs Infant and Nursery.
If you’re interested in any of the above, please contact me directly at rebecca@rebeccabishop.org.uk.
I am happy to provide a synopsis, answer any questions you may have, and schedule a convenient time for the sessions.
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Warm regards
Rebecca
