Inspector Croc's Emotion-O-Meter E-Book

Susanna Isern

• Herausgeber: NubeOcho
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Serie: Inglés
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 80

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

The definitive manual to help kids understand, measure and control their emotions. Dr. Croc will help them pay attention to the ten basic emotions with the use of his greatest invention: the EMOTION-O-METER. With the help of the FEELIES and a variety of case studies, CROC will get kids thinking about emotions in new and helpful ways.

Leseprobe

Author and psychologist

SUSANNA ISERN

has written more than seventy children’s books.

They are enjoyed worldwide and have been translated into over a dozen languages. Some of

her books form essential reading for children learning about emotions, self-confidence, and

education, such as

Inspector Croc’s Emotion-O-Meter,

her best-selling manual of emotions;

Bogo the Fox Who Wanted Everything; I Wasn’t Invited to the Birthday; Raccoon Wants to Be First;

Dormouse and his Seven Beds

and

Daniela the Pirate.

She has been awarded the Silver Medal in the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards and

Bogo the

Fox Who Wanted Everything

is a Junior Library Guild Selection.

MÓNICA CARRETERO

is a renowned illustrator in Spain. She has published more than

sixty books in Europe, the US, England, Australia, and China. Monica has received a London

Children’s Book Fair award for her illustrations, as well as five International Latino Book Awards

and one Living Now Award.

Special thanks to

TEDDI RACHLIN

for her support with the American edition of

Inspector

Croc’s Emotion-O-Meter.

Teddi Rachlin is a Psychotherapist and Clinical Hypnotherapist with

offices in California and Colorado.

Inspector Croc’s Emotion-O-Meter

© Text: Susanna Isern, 2016

© Illustrations: Mónica Carretero, 2016

© Edition: NubeOcho, 2018

www.nubeocho.com · [email protected]

Layout and design: Mónica Carretero

Original title:

El Emocionómetro del Inspector Drilo

Translated by: Ben Dawlatly

Text editing: Rebecca Packard

Digital edition: September, 2023

First edition: 2018

ISBN: 978-84-19974-37-2

All rights reserved.

INSPECTOR CROC’S

SUSANNA ISERN

Illustrated by

MÓNICA CARRETERO

THE EMOTIONS

Joy

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Sadness..………………………………………………………………

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Anger

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Fear

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Envy…

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Jealousy..…………………………………………………………………

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Surprise……………………

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Shame………………….………………………………………

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Disgust…………….……………………………………………………

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Love

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INSPECTOR CROC’S CASES

Case 0: What is an emotion?:

“Ms. Delia Deerly mysteriously flees”

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Case 1: On joy:

“Jess Quirrelle’s big smile”………….……………….……………….……… 32

Case 2: On sadness:

“The leaky pipes on Cock-a-Doodle Street”………………….……

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Case 3: On anger:

“Waiter! Not even a single fly in my soup!”…………

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CONTENTS

Case 4: On fear:

“What’s the matter with Quentin Agouti?……….………………….………44

Case 5: On envy:

“Bella Wooly’s diary”..…...……………...…………….…….………

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Case 6: On jealousy:

“The strange behavior of Mary Bairy”….………….….……………

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Case 7: On surprise:

“The mysterious photo of Mini-Eli”

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Case 8: On shame:

“The strange disappearance of Mr. Lupus”……………………...…

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Case 9: On disgust:

“A clothespin for Felix Foxtrot’s nose”

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Case 10: On love:

“Croc’s funny feeling”..………

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RECIPES

Recipes

for Joy

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Recipes for dealing with Sadness..……….………………………………

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Recipes for dealing with Anger………………...…………………………

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Recipes for dealing with Fear..……………..………………………………

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Recipes for dealing with Envy

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Recipes for dealing with Jealousy

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Recipes for Surprise

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Recipes

for dealing with Shame

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Recipes for dealing with Disgust

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Recipes

for Love

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Use your EMOTION-O-METER

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EMOTIONS are an important and necessary part of our lives. It is thanks to our emotions

that we are ready to face the different circumstances that daily life can throw at us.

EMOTIONS can help us to solve problems, avoid danger, ask for help, or motivate us to

tackle new situations.

So, EMOTIONS help us to relate better with what is around us and to understand ourselves.

When EMOTIONS flow properly, everything works perfectly. The problems come when

our emotions “play tricks on us.”

This can happen if they appear when they should not, or

when they are too intense or last too long.

That is why it is important to practice EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE from very early on. This

helps us to learn the skills that we need to be able to understand our EMOTIONS.

Identify, measure, and manage your EMOTIONS

“Learning to identify,

measure and manage your

emotions. That’s the aim of

this book!”

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Inspector Croc

A famous detective from Forestville.

He is a specialist in emotions who will show you

everything he knows using real cases

that he has solved.

The Emis

Characters that represent emotions.

They will introduce themselves and tell you how they are feeling.

THE EMOTION-O-METER

One of Inspector Croc’s inventions. You will be able

to use it to identify and measure emotions.

Here are some characters that will help you along the way:

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Croc’s mysterious tears.

When he was little, Croc cried all the time.

Morning, noon, and night...

whether he was alone or not, awake or asleep.

“What’s wrong, Croc? Why are you crying?” his friends and family would ask him.

But he did not know how to answer them.

One day, a very old and wise tortoise visited Croc’s house.

He had traveled all around the world.

“You don’t need to find an answer,” said the tortoise. “Crocodiles always cry for no reason.

They’re called ‘crocodile tears.’ Everybody I’ve ever met has heard of crocodile tears.”

But Croc was not satisfied by the tortoise’s consoling remarks. He wanted to know why,

so he kept asking more and more questions. And it was not just his tears that he could not

understand, he also wondered why some animals laugh hysterically all the time, and why

some of them tremble at night even when it’s hot, or why some of them suddenly shout

and get all red in the face.

So Croc started to investigate and observe all of the inhabitants of Forestville. He would sit

in the town square or in the park or even in the schoolyard and spend hours taking notes

in his notebook.

Years went by, and Croc became Inspector Croc, the famous detective specializing in

EMOTIONS. And when the inhabitants of Forestville could not figure out what was

wrong, they would call Croc to come and investigate.

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Yippee

Joy

Blue

Sadness

Mr. Mememe

Jealousy

Rosycheeks

Shame

Tremble-knees

Fear

Hi!

My name is Yippee!

I’m from the Emi family.

My brothers and sisters

and I will be in charge

of telling you loads of things

about your emotions.

Before we set sail on this

emotional voyage,

let me introduce

my siblings.

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Mr. Gimmithat

Envy

Glare

Anger

Wow

Surprise

Yucky

Disgust

Sweetie

Love

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An EMOTION is a process that is activated when we detect a situation around us that

causes a change to our bodies. We experience this change as something nice (a good

thing) or something unpleasant (a danger or threat). In any case, emotions set off reactions

or physical changes in our bodies that work to control the situation.

Let’s take a look at an example of an EMOTION:

What is an

EMOTION

?

Before we travel

through the world of

emotions, first we need

to know just what an

“emotion” is. So, let’s get

started...

A CHANGE

occurs

1. Situation:

Sometimes a situation happens near us.

At school, at the park, in the woods,

or at home.

2. Interpretation:

We observe the situation and try to make

sense of it. Our ideas, thoughts, what

we were doing before it happened

or how we feel at the time can affect

how we interpret the situation.

I’m sure

they’re

laughing at me

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4. Behavior:

3. Emotion:

How we interpret the situation

produces an EMOTION in us.

This EMOTION is what makes

something move inside of us.

Most of the time, all of this makes us behave in a

certain way.

We feel changes and

reactions produced in our

body, such as racing hearts

and faster breathing.

We feel a change in our

mood. It can be either

pleasant or unpleasant.

Inspector Croc’s Case #0:

“Ms. Delia Deerly

mysteriously flees”

One sunny, summer afternoon Croc was taking

a walk along the path next to the river in Forestville.

He saw his neighbor Ms. Delia Deerly on the riverbank

dipping her feet in the water while she hummed a little tune.

All of sudden, Ms. Deerly stopped humming and stayed very still

for a few seconds. It looked as if she had seen something. Then she

got up and ran off as fast as she could and did not stop until she got home.

Croc carefully observed everything and jotted down some notes in his little notebook.

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This is the outline that

Inspector Croc wrote in his notebook:

What happened in between?

Between the SITUATION when she saw

something and her BEHAVIOR

of running off?

Some important information is missing

that will help to explain exactly what

happened to Ms. Deerly.

While Ms. Deerly is cooling off in the

river, she sees something.

Ms. Deerly stops singing and stays still.

Then, Ms. Deerly runs off.

SITUATION:

BEHAVIOR

:

The next day, Croc knocked on his neighbor Ms. Delia Deerly’s door. She invited him in for tea.

“How are you, Ms. Deerly? Yesterday I saw you at the river, but you ran off before I got the chance to say

hello,” said Croc.

“That’s right, Inspector. It was because of the bees,” explained Ms. Deerly.

“The bees?!” Croc exclaimed.

“Yes, there were dozens of them swarming all around me.”