Ink and Breath: Large Print & Workbook Edition: Creative Writing and Mindfulness Activities for Emotional Learning Paperback – Large Print, March 22, 2026

Ink and Breath: Creative Writing and Mindfulness Activities for Emotional Learning is an interactive creative writing and mindfulness workbook designed to help children and teens understand, express, and regulate their emotions--without being told to "calm down", "use your words," or "fix it".Through poetry, storytelling, body awareness, movement, art, and reflective writing, this book invites young people to explore what emotions feel like in their minds, bodies, and lives. Each chapter focuses on a single emotion and follows a consistent, supportive structure that makes emotional learning safe, predictable, and accessible--whether the readers are new to self-expression or have been carrying big feelings for a long time.Rather than treating emotions as problems to solve, Ink and Breath treats them as information: signals worth noticing, naming, and honoring.Every chapter includes:-A short introductory poem that captures the emotional experience-A brief story to ground the emotion in real-life context-A feelings thermometer to help identify low, medium, and high intensity emotions-Body awareness prompts to notice how emotions show up physically-Multiple creative and reflective writing activities-An art-based expression option-A somatic or movement-based activity-Space for reflection and integrationThis edition includes larger print, printable worksheets, and additional supports, allowing for increased accessibility and inclusion for children of all ages.This book is for:-children and teens who struggle to name what they're feeling-young people who hide, minimize, or suppress emotions-educators and counselors looking for practical, trauma-aware SEL tools-anyone who learns best by writing, creating, moving, and breathing.Ink and Breath is not about fixing emotions. It's about making space for them, one page, one breath, one line at a time. Read more