Book Recommendations
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Book for kids
Anxiety
- Wilma Jean and the Worry Machine
- Puppy Mind
- Strong and Smart: A Boy’s Guide to Building Healthy Emotions
- Braver, Stronger, Smarter: A Girl’s Guide to Overcoming Worry and Anxiety
- What To Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety
Anger/ Conflict Resolution
- The Angry Dragon
- Tiger Has a Tantrum
- When Miles Got Mad
- Hello, Anger
- Sometimes When I’m Mad
- Pause Power
- Hammerhead, Mad’s not Bad (Slumberkins)
Emotion Regulation
- Let’s Go! With Hammerhead Tools to Cool Interactive Book (Slumberkins)
Grief
- The Invisible String
- A Stopwatch from Grandpa
Social Skills
- Personal Space Camp
Trauma
- A Terrible Thing Happened
General
- A Little Spot of Emotion/Feelings (book series)
- My Body Sends a Signal
- My Mouth is a Volcano
- Breathe Like a Bear
Books for parents
- The Anxious Generation
- Whole Brain Child
- No Drama Discipline
- 1-2-3 Magic
- The Connected Child
- Raising Worry Free Girls
- The Worry Free Parent
- Raising Emotionally Strong Boys
- Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It
- Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
- How to talk so kids will listen & listen so kids will talk (also how to talk so teens will listen & listen so teens will talk)
- Brainstorm: the power and purpose of the teenage brain