Children's Mental Health Awareness Books

After an injury sidelines her dreams of becoming a ballet star, Maisie is not excited for her blended family's midwinter road trip along the coast, near the Makah community where her mother grew up.

Small Knight would rather go on adventures with their best friend, Tiny Bear, than learn to be a perfect princess, but worrying about telling their parents creates a dreadful monster.

"In this book, readers will learn about anxiety in themselves and others, how and why they feel it, how to best respond to it, and how to communicate these feelings. Social and emotional learning (SEL) concepts support growth mindset throughout, while Try This! and Grow with Goals activities at the end of the book further reinforce the content. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they learn more about states...

When Mommy has to travel for work, her son gives her a special picture to ease their temporary separation.

Yoko loves kindergarten, but she doesn't want her mother to leave--until her new friend helps her realize that "mothers always come back."

When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to kindergarten for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him.

A young girl, weighed down by a mountain of anxiety, learns to shed negative feelings in this tale about overcoming obstacles. Rita is a collector of many things--seashells, buttons, dried flowers and leaves, feathers, gum wrappers--but the fears, obsessions, and shame that have piled up are not especially welcome. "Una muchacha joven, aplastada por una montaña de ansiedad, aprende a liberarse de los sentimientos negativos en este amable cuento...

"A touching story about a little boy whose worry monster follows him everywhere he goes. It's there when he gets dressed, when he wants to play with his toys, and even when his friends come over to visit. How can he escape his worries?"-- Provided by publisher.

Maud, a very anxious koala, uses her imagination and help from her friends to discover ways to face some of the things in her life that at first seem scary.