Teacher · Author · Creator
I'm Marina, a teacher who writes picture books and creates printable resources that help kids ages 3–8 understand big feelings, with simple tools for the grown-ups who teach and love them.
Everybody wobbles. Then we steady.
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The books
Everybody Wobbles is a picture book series for ages 3–8. Each book teaches one big feeling and one calming tool, with grown-up pages and activities in the back.
Everybody Wobbles · Book 1
When the red block goes missing, Pip's whole day feels ruined, until he learns the Butterfly Hug and finds out different can be okay.
More Pip books are on the way, with a new story each month in 2027.
Kids' Corner
Grown-ups, hand it over! Three calm little games to try together. And look closely: Pip hid 5 pebbles around this page.
Tap the part of the iceberg that matches you right now.
Pip is listening. Where are you on the Wobble Meter?
Watch the bubble. Breathe in as it grows, and out as it shrinks.
Ready when you are.
Tap a block to stack it. Can you build a tower as tall as Pip?
Let's build!
Free downloads
A printable feelings check-in poster and Butterfly Hug card for your classroom or home, plus new freebies as they come out.
Shop & services
Print-and-go SEL activities, calm-down tools, seasonal bundles and custom stories.
My full store, The Little Home Educator, with SEL and seasonal resources.
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A personalized, illustrated story for one child's situation, delivered as a printable PDF. From $25.
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About me
I'm a teacher and the creator of The Little Home Educator. Every day I see how much a predictable routine, a simple calming tool and a story kids recognize themselves in can help them through big feelings.
That's why I created Everybody Wobbles, a picture book series about Pip the Penguin and his friends. Each book teaches one feeling and one tool, with pages in the back to help grown-ups keep the learning going in the classroom and at home.
