Mental Health
Books that make talking about mental health feel normal.
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Mostly Me
Mostly Me
$19.95A gentle, rhyming exploration of being mixed race. The affirming and uplifting tone throughout makes it the perfect primer for multicultural and multiracial families beginning to explore identity. -
The Confidence Code for Girls
The Confidence Code for Girls
$16.99We'd recommend this over another pep talk. It gives girls something to practice (risk more, think less, be yourself), and Nan Lawson's comic strips keep it light. -
Do Not Disturb
Do Not Disturb
$18.99Kids who resist arbitrary screen rules might change their minds once they see the actual science of how phones affect their brains and bodies. -
Moodies: Tasty Little Feelings
Moodies: Tasty Little Feelings
$12.95A board book for building early feelings vocabulary and makes for the perfect baby shower gift that is adorable to display. -
Growing Up Powerful
Growing Up Powerful
$20.00Get this on her shelf before puberty starts. The Q&As with experts and girls around the world answer questions she might not ask you out loud. -
Real Friends
Real Friends
$14.99Navigating the unspoken rules of school popularity can feel like a daily survival test, and this story lays bare those painful shifting dynamics with raw honesty. -
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Feeling All the Feelings Workbook
Feeling All the Feelings Workbook
$16.95Every feeling in here gets the same three questions, what it is, why it helps, how to spot it. With different activities for each one, this is more than just a journaling activity. -
Feel Calm
Feel Calm
$9.99This therapist approved board book gives families a tool to help toddlers navigate big feelings through simple breathing and tracing exercises. -
Get the Giggles
Get the Giggles
$9.99This book turns feelings into a game, kids practice a hee hee against a ha ha and start telling their own moods apart. -
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Invisible Things
Invisible Things
$18.99What does hope look like? Or an itch? Or the sound of a dog barking? This book gives each invisible thing in a kid's day its own face and name, from gratitude to grit to a sad song that somehow makes you happy. -
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Shook
Shook
$18.99A sidelined basketball player feels panic as bubbling chest tightness and sweaty palms, giving middle schoolers real physical vocabulary for anxiety. -
Game Face
Game Face
$17.99Hand this to young athletes carrying heavy grief and performance stress who need a compassionate push toward asking for mental health support. -
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Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things
$7.99For families looking for Asian American boys at the center of the story: curious, funny, brave, and written as the hero. Alvin goes completely silent at school and turns loud at home, and with help from his family he slowly takes on the things that scare him. -
What to Do When Your Temper Flares, 2nd Edition
What to Do When Your Temper Flares, 2nd Edition
$16.99We recommend this workbook to parents who want something active. Kids can actually draw and write their way through real exercises to help calm their bodies. -
Worst-Case Collin
Worst-Case Collin
$18.99Collin copes with grief and his father's hoarding by writing extreme survival plans for everything from avalanches to bad breath. It is a wonderfully tangible look at childhood anxiety. -
The Boy with Big, Big Feelings
The Boy with Big, Big Feelings
$18.99A gentle read for highly sensitive kids, anxious kids, and kids on the autism spectrum. It follows a boy who stops stuffing his feelings down and finds a way to let them out through art. -
Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day
Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day
$17.99Beyond the simple rhyming text, an author's note offers guidance for caregivers and educators. It explains sensory processing disorder and provides specific ways to support children learning to soothe themselves. -
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Boba Emotions (Simplified Mandarin-English Version)
Boba Emotions (Simplified Mandarin-English Version)
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Smaller Sister
Smaller Sister
$22.99Most eating disorder stories stay with person with the disorder, but this one follows Lucy, the little sister quietly struggling to be seen at home and school. -
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My Mom Is Like a Kite
My Mom Is Like a Kite
$19.99For children navigating a parent's mental illness, this book offers a gentle, honest look at their feelings. It shows how a child can find support and coping tools, making it a reassuring read for families facing similar challenges.