Resources

Emotions & Mental Health

Books that Cover a Variety of Topics

  • The Berenstain Bears (series), Stan & Jan Berenstain

  • Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: (series)

  • Elf-Help Books for Kids (series)

  • My Mixed Emotions: Help Your Kids Handle Their Feelings, Elinor Greenwood

  • Train Your Dragon … (series), Steve Herman

Multiple Emotions

  • A Little Spot of Emotion (series), Diane Alber

  • The Color Monster: A Pop-Up Book of Feelings, Anna Llenas

  • The Feelings Book: The Care and Keeping of Your Emotions, Lynda Madison

  • I’m Feeling… (series), Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

  • My Feelings and Me, Holde Kreul

  • My Mixed Emotions: Help Your Kids Handle Their Feelings, Elinor Greenwood

  • Pig’s Big Feelings, Kelly Bourne

  • The Rabbit Listened, Cori Doerrfeld

  • Train Your Dragon … (series), Steve Herman

  • When I’m Feeling…. (series), Trace Moroney

Emotions & The Body

  • Diggory Listens to His Body, Steve Herman

  • Listening to My Body, Gabi Garcia

Anger

  • Train Your Dragon to Accept No, Steve Herman

Children’s Books

Anxiety/Fear/Stress

  • Getting Out of a Stress Mess!: A guide for Kids, Michaelene Mundy

  • Help is Here for Facing Fear (Elf-Help Books for Kids), Molly Wigand

  • I’m Stretched!, Julia Cook

  • It Will Be Okay: Trusting God Through Fear and Change, Lysa Terkeurst

Trauma Response

  • A Terrible Thing Happened: A Story for Children Who Have Witnessed Violence or Trauma, Margaret M. Holmes

  • Healing Days: A Guide for Kids Who Have Experienced Trauma, Susan Farber Straus

ADHD

  • Edgar Allan Know and his BIG Busy Brain, Rahni Varieur-Davies

  • Mrs. Gorski, I Think I Have The Wiggle Fidgets, Barbara Esham

  • The Secret Superpowers of ADHD, Jennifer Everly

Mindfulness

  • Edgar Allan Know and his BIG Busy Brain, Rahni Varieur-Davies

Separation Anxiety

  • The Invisible String, Patrice Karst

  • Love You From Right Here, Jamie Sander

  • No Matter What, Debi Gliori

Goodbyes & Grief

  • The Goodbye Book, Todd Parr

  • I Miss You: A First Look At Death, Pat Thomas

  • The Sad Dragon: A Dragon Book About Grief and Loss, Steve Herman

  • What Does Grief Feel Like?, Korie Leigh, Ph.D.

  • When Someone Dies: A Children’s Mindful How-To Guide on Grief and Loss, Andrea Dorn, MSW

Love Despite Big Emotions

  • Love You From Right Here, Jamie Sandefer

  • No Matter What, Debi Gliori

  • The Rabbit Listened, Cori Doerrfeld