The World of the Emotelings

Empowering kids with emotional confidence through stories and tools.

Meet the Emotelings

The Emotelings is committed to improving lives through social and emotional learning, with a focus on reaching children and families who need it most. By helping kids understand and work through their emotions in healthy, productive ways, we help lay the foundation for confidence, resilience, and more fulfilling lives.

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A playful escape game where kids help Aiden calm down by exploring simple strategies through puzzles and play.

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Aiden Gets Angry

Aiden Gets Angry is the first book in the The Emotelings Series. It helps children recognize anger, understand what it feels like, and learn healthier ways to calm down through a relatable story they can see themselves in.

Designed to support emotional learning at home, in the classroom, or anywhere children are learning to navigate big feelings.

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What We Offer

The Emotelings help children build emotional understanding through relatable stories and guided activities that support real-life learning, at home, in the classroom, and beyond.

STORIES

Engaging picture books like Aiden Gets Angry that help children recognize emotions and learn healthier ways to respond through story.

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ACTIVITIES

Guided activities, including workbooks and printable resources, that help children practice emotional skills from the stories with the support of an adult.

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Our Raves and Reviews!

Our community means the world to us, and seeing our stories being shared with children across the country further validates our mission of helping the next generation be more emotionally mature, curious, and compassionate than the last!

Emotelings Highlights

  • The "Emotelings" are Born

    It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

  • Aiden Debuts at the 2023 AASL Conference

    Before our hard launch of ‘Aiden Gets Angry’, our book was selected to be featured at the American Association of School Librarians, reaching over 2,500 elementary school librarians nationwide.

  • Aiden Goes Global

    In November 2023, we released the first book in our Emoteings series, ‘Aiden Gets Angry’ in hardcover and eBook. Aiden is one of several Emotelings characters that inspire our books!

  • K4EQ Makes the Social Media Rounds

    Shortly after the release of ‘Aiden Gets Angry’, Kids4Equity CEO, Jheri Holbert was featured on the ‘Fearless Fridays’ podcast focused on entrepreneurship and upcoming female leaders. Take a listen here!

  • The Merch Store Opened

    After finalizing our Emotelings logo, we had an opportunity to expand our characters to merchandise! Including hoodies, mugs, PJs, phone cases, blankets, mouse pads and more!

  • Expanding into our Community

    In January 2024, ‘Aiden Gets Angry’ hit the shelves at Park Road Books in Charlotte, NC! We plan to team up with several other local bookstores this year as we foster growth in our community and beyond!

  • K4EQ in the Classroom

    Children spend about 19% of their time each year in school. Children spend about 19% of their time each year in school. This year we are teaming up with elementary school teachers with decades of experience to curate SEL focused lessons plans to utilize in the classroom!

  • IBPA Magazine Feature

    Kids4Equity has made IBPA's Summer 2024 catalog! We are excited to be a part of the distribution to Ingram's top 3,500 US retail bookselling accounts, IBPA’s house list of 250+ independent bookstores, and 750 of the American Bookseller Association's (ABA) most active Indie Bookstores!