Books To Support Children’s Mental Health  

What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety, Dawn Huebner

What to Do When You Worry Too Much is an interactive self-help e book designed to information 6-12-year-olds and their parents by way of the cognitive-behavioral strategies most frequently used to deal with generalised anxiousness.

Engaging, encouraging, and simple to comply with, this e book educates, motivates, and empowers youngsters to work in direction of change. It features a word to parents by psychologist and creator Dawn Huebner, PhD.

You’re a Star, Poppy O’Neill

This sensible information is a superb e book to help youngsters’s psychological well being. It combines confirmed cognitive-behavioural remedy strategies utilized by youngster psychologists in colleges with easy actions to assist your youngster develop their shallowness. It’s aimed toward youngsters aged 7–11 as a result of loads occurs in these years that may impression a baby’s sense of self-worth, not simply now however for years to return.

Your youngster shall be guided, with the assistance of Bop – a pleasant and supportive character they’ll establish with – by way of enjoyable and interesting actions that are interspersed with helpful suggestions, inspirational statements and sensible data for parents.

Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Poppy O’Neill

This sensible information combines confirmed cognitive-behavioural remedy strategies utilized by faculty youngster psychologists with easy actions to assist your youngster overcome anxiousness. It’s aimed toward youngsters aged 7–11 as a result of loads occurs in these years that may impression a baby’s emotional well-being, not simply now however for years to return.

Your youngster shall be guided, with the assistance of Fiz – a pleasant and supportive character they’ll establish with – by way of enjoyable and interesting actions that are interspersed with helpful suggestions, inspirational statements and sensible data for parents.

Mental Health and Me, Andy Glynne

Mental Health and Me brings collectively seven tales of teenage struggles, from physique picture points to drug abuse, as skilled by real-life youngsters. First produced as animated documentaries by the BBC, every story has distinctive honesty and is delivered to life with subtle however accessible art work.

This e book will assist younger folks to raised perceive psychological well being points, empathise with those that are struggling and presumably even see their very own experiences mirrored, making them really feel extra supported and fewer alone.

The tales are supported by specialist advisory notes provided by the UK psychological well being charity MIND.

Be the Change – Be Calm, Marcus Sedgwick

Be the Change – Be Calm will present you find out how to shut down anxiousness with enjoyable and easy methods to calm your thoughts by listening to what your physique is telling you. Ever tried the half-salamander train? You ought to! And have you ever ever carried out a physique scan? Thought not. These superb actions, together with many others, will turn into your toolkit for a calmer and happier life.

Award-winning creator Marcus Sedgwick takes us on a captivating journey to find the place anxiousness comes from, taking a look at storytelling’s energy in coaching our mind to beat worries. He additionally exhibits us what animals can train us about coping with stress AND introduces us to our second mind! Hello! It’s time to make CALM your superpower.

Be The Change – Be Kind, Marcus Sedgwick

Every one among us experiences the world in a different way – we’ve got completely different worries and issues, and all of us have distinctive hopes and desires – however there’s one factor that may unite us and make the world a greater place, and that’s KINDNESS!

Kindness is cool! No, actually! Kindness can create optimistic change in all our lives, whether or not it’s being a buddy to somebody who appears lonely, or just smiling or giving any person a thumbs up. When we help one another, we may be our greatest selves.

Be the Change: Be Kind is your handbook on utilizing your voice to empower your self and others to unfold kindness. Award-winning youngsters’s creator Marcus Sedgwick tells the story of kindness – the place it comes from, what it appears like and maybe most significantly, why it issues – and asks YOU what you’ll do in numerous on a regular basis situations.

A Girl’s Guide to Being Awesome, Suzanne Virdee

Let’s face it: rising up is complicated. You’re anticipated to get good grades at college, preserve an insta-worthy social life and one way or the other additionally hone a spread of life abilities that you just undoubtedly don’t need to ask your parents about…

This e book is right here to behave as your go-to information on all the pieces from social media to sexting and from physique picture to shallowness. Acting as your private cheerleader, this e book will train you all the pieces it is advisable to navigate your teenagers with sass and elegance.

In My Head: A Young Person’s Guide to Understanding Mental Health, Louise Baty

This accessible information for 11–15-year-olds will assist younger folks to know and handle their psychological well being

Do you ever discover it arduous to clarify your ideas and emotions? Have you typically pretended to be okay when in actuality you’re anxious or unhappy? However you’re feeling, you’re not alone – as a result of many individuals battle to speak about their psychological well being.

This e book will make it easier to be sort to your thoughts. Whether you need to perceive your ideas and feelings a little bit higher, or be taught some useful suggestions that can assist you to de-stress, it’s crammed with data on find out how to take care of your well-being and keep feeling good.

Let’s Talk: A Boy’s Guide to Mental Health, Adam Carpenter

Growing up is difficult work! You’re anticipated to ace your exams, be accountable, sustain a busy social life each on-line and IRL, make large choices about your future, and one way or the other keep completely happy on the similar time. But, as we all know, nobody feels OK on a regular basis, so what occurs then? What occurs once we don’t really feel nice and don’t know what to do about it or the place to get assist?

Let’s Talk supplies the instruments to get boys speaking about how they’re feeling. Within this insightful information you’ll discover actions to determine what make it easier to would possibly want, recommendation on the place to get assist, and case research to indicate how others have voiced their emotions and located assist.

The Huge Bag of Worries, Virginia Ironside

Wherever Jenny goes, her worries comply with her – in a giant blue bag. They are along with her on a regular basis – at college, at dwelling, when she is watching TV and even within the lavatory! Jenny decides they need to go, however who will assist her do away with them?

A humorous and reassuring have a look at coping with worries and anxiousness, for use as a spring board into necessary conversations along with your youngster.

This e book addresses anxiousness and worries in a relatable and interesting method, serving to youngsters perceive that considerations are regular and offering methods to deal with them.

The Colour Monster, Anna Llenas

A mild exploration of emotions for younger and previous alike. This e book explores completely different feelings by way of vibrant illustrations and a easy story and helps youngsters recognise and articulate their emotions.

Perfectly Norman: A Big Bright Feelings Book, Tom Percival

Norman had all the time been completely regular . . . till the day he grew a pair of wings!

Norman loves his new wings and has essentially the most enjoyable ever attempting them out excessive within the sky. But then he has to go in for dinner. What will his parents assume? What will everybody else assume? Norman feels the most secure plan is to cowl his wings with a giant coat.

But hiding the factor that makes you completely different proves difficult and upsetting. Can Norman ever actually be himself?

Ruby’s Worry: A Big Bright Feelings Book, Tom Percival

‘If your child has a worry – and all children do have worries – this is the ideal book to encourage them to talk about it’ Parents In Touch

Ruby loves being Ruby. Until, someday, she finds a fear.

At first it’s not such a giant fear, and that’s all proper, however then it begins to develop. It will get larger and greater day by day and it makes Ruby unhappy. How can Ruby do away with it and really feel like herself once more?

Everything Is OK, Debbie Tung

Everything Is OK is the story of Debbie Tung’s battle with anxiousness and her expertise with despair. She shares what it’s like navigating life, overthinking each doable worst-case situation, and always feeling like all hope is misplaced.

The e book explores her journey to understanding the significance of psychological well being in her day-to-day life and the way she learns to embrace the highs and lows when issues really feel uncontrolled. Debbie opens up about deeply private points and the winding street to restoration, discovers the worth of self-love, and rebuilds a extra conscious relationship along with her psychological well being.

A Blue Kind of Day, Rachel Tomlinson

Coen is having a sniffling, sighing, sobbing form of day.

His household thinks they know find out how to cheer him up. His dad desires to go exterior and play, Mom tells her funniest joke, and his little sister shares her favourite teddy. Nothing helps. But one after the other, they get quiet and start to pay attention. After a while, area, and reassurance, Coen is ready to present them what he wants.

With poignant textual content and beautiful illustrations, A Blue Kind of Day explores how despair would possibly really feel within the physique and exhibits us find out how to help the folks we love with persistence, care, and empathy.

The Goldfish Boy, Lisa Thompson

Twelve-year-old Matthew is trapped in his bed room by crippling OCD, spending most of his time staring out of his window because the inhabitants of Chestnut Close go about their enterprise.

Until the day he’s the final particular person to see his subsequent door neighbour’s toddler, Teddy, earlier than he goes lacking.

Matthew should flip detective and unravel the thriller of Teddy’s disappearance – with the assistance of a superb solid of supporting characters.

The Worrysaurus, Rachel Bright

It’s an attractive day and Worrysaurus has deliberate a particular picnic.

But it isn’t lengthy earlier than a small butterfly of fear begins fluttering in his tummy . . .
What if he hasn’t introduced sufficient to eat?
What if he will get misplaced within the jungle?
What if he journeys and falls?
What if it rains?!

Can Worrysaurus discover a option to chase his fears away and have enjoyable?

The excellent e book to assist each anxious little dinosaur let go of their fears and really feel completely happy within the second.

The Invisible String, Patrice Karst

Parents, educators, therapists, and social employees alike have declared The Invisible String the proper software for dealing with all types of separation anxiousness, loss, and grief. In this relatable and reassuring modern traditional, a mom tells her two youngsters that they’re all related by an invisible string. “That’s impossible!” the kids insist, however nonetheless they need to know extra: “What kind of string?” The reply is the easy reality that binds us all: An Invisible String made of affection. Even although you’ll be able to’t see it along with your eyes, you’ll be able to really feel it deep in your coronary heart, and know that you’re all the time related to those you’re keen on. Does everyone have an Invisible String? How far does it attain? Does it ever go away? This heartwarming image e book for all ages explores questions in regards to the intangible but unbreakable connections between us, and opens up deeper conversations about love.

The Boy with Big, Big Feelings is relatable for any youngster — particularly for a kid experiencing anxiousness, excessive feelings, a baby recognized as a Highly Sensitive Person, or a baby on the autism spectrum. Beautifully illustrated and written in rhyming verse, youngsters and adults discover the entire spectrum of emotions and readers navigate the emotional challenges they face all through the day.

The essential character has emotions so large that they glow from his cheeks, spill out of his eyes, and bounce up and down on his chest. When he hears a joke, he bursts with pleasure. When a loud truck drives by, he cries. When his family members are having a tough day, he feels their feelings as in the event that they had been his personal.

The boy tries to manage by stuffing down his emotions, however with a little bit assist and creative inspiration, the boy realizes his emotions are one thing to be celebrated.

The Huge Bag of Worries, Virginia Ironside

Wherever Jenny goes, her worries comply with her – in a giant blue bag. They are along with her on a regular basis – at college, at dwelling, when she is watching TV and even within the lavatory! Jenny decides they need to go, however who will assist her do away with them?

A humorous and reassuring have a look at coping with worries and anxiousness, for use as a spring board into necessary conversations along with your youngster.

Relax Kids: When I’m Feeling…, Marneta Viegas

Manage feelings and self-regulate by mixing and matching completely different mixtures of enjoyable affirmations with this self-read flap e book. An limitless software equipment that permits you to combine and match rest and mindfulness workout routines — and create your personal story meditations. How many fantastic mixtures are you able to make?

Relax Kids: What Can I Be Today?, Marneta Viegas

What Can I Be Today is a self-read split-page e book that permits you to create your personal optimistic affirmations. Flick by way of its flaps to create your personal optimistic personas — and their superb titles! What will you select to be right this moment? For youngsters aged 4-9.

Relax Kids: Let’s all BEE, Marneta Viegas

Let’s all Bee is a enjoyable and interactive e book that helps the beneath 5s self-regulate and be taught calming instruments as they learn, pay attention, talk, wiggle and giggle. Children be taught mindfulness strategies from a wide range of animal mates who present them core abilities that assist them develop and thrive. Includes a set of 14 animal finger puppets to chop out and play with.

Relax Kids: Affirmixations, Marneta Viegas

Have a giggle as you combine and match the phrases and make up your personal set of fantabulous affirmations. Great enjoyable for all of the household.

Get Talking Cards for Kids, Amanda Ashman-Wymbs

Find new methods to attach, share and talk along with your youngster with the assistance of this supportive deck of 52 immediate playing cards. These thought-provoking dialog starters and delicate actions present a enjoyable and interesting option to spark dialog, encouraging youngsters to speak brazenly about their emotions and develop their emotional consciousness.

Compiled by an skilled youngster therapist and accompanied by useful directions, the colour-coded playing cards are divided into 4 classes for straightforward choice, together with emotions, well-being, shallowness and mindfulness. The open questions and prompts on this deck will encourage youngsters to attach with their emotions and thought patterns and develop their emotional intelligence.

Mindfulness issues, and only a few moments of quiet thought can soothe your youngster’s thoughts and encourage them to method their day extra simply. Help your youngster practise the artwork of mindfulness anyplace with this assortment of uplifting playing cards, crammed with concepts for calming actions and peaceable ideas.

This deck of 52 playing cards is full of concepts to reduce anxiousness, promote happiness and assist kids harness optimistic power. Each card, which may be displayed individually utilizing the high-quality wood stand, encompasses a beautiful bespoke design to brighten up any room.

This is Me!: A Self-Discovery Journal for Girls, Imogen Harrison

It’s time to find and have a good time what makes you uniquely YOU!

Welcome to the time in your life when numerous large, thrilling stuff occurs! This companion is right here to information you alongside the best way. It’s stuffed with fabulous fill-in actions, quizzes to do with mates, suggestions for sleepover events, and recommendation on find out how to create your dream bed room sanctuary. Helping you propose and put together for giant days, like beginning a brand new faculty or taking an examination, and providing some nice concepts if you want a happiness increase, this e book covers the necessities and a lot extra!

This Is Me is for you and also you alone, so dive in and get began. Pick up a pen and make this journal as superior and vibrant as you might be!

All About Me: An Awesome Self-Discovery Journal for Boys, Imogen Harrison

It’s time to be one of the best you may be and have a good time all of your awesomeness!

Welcome to the time in your life when numerous large, thrilling stuff occurs! This companion is right here to information you alongside the best way. It’s stuffed with cool fill-in actions, quizzes to do with mates, suggestions for reaching your objectives and desires, and recommendation on how your physique will change as you head into your teenage years. Helping you propose and put together for giant days, like beginning a brand new faculty or taking an examination, and providing some nice concepts if you want a confidence increase, this e book covers the necessities and a lot extra!

All About Me is for you and also you alone, so dive in and get began. Pick up a pen and make this journal as superb and unique as you might be.

I Like Being Me: A Child’s Guide to Self-Worth, Poppy O’Neill

An interactive workbook for parents and youngsters from the creator of the bestselling titles Don’t Worry, Be Happy: A Child’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety and You’re a Star: A Child’s Guide to Self-Esteem.

Does your youngster incessantly evaluate themselves to their mates?

Perhaps they discover it tough to make choices as a result of they doubt themselves and their skills?

Do they appear to keep away from socializing and collaborating in hobbies and actions?

These may all be indicators that your youngster is battling low self-worth.

This sensible information combines cognitive behavioural remedy and mindfulness strategies with easy actions to assist your youngster overcome their self-doubt. It’s aimed toward youngsters aged 7–11 as a result of loads occurs in these years that may impression a baby’s confidence, not simply now however for years to return.

When I Feel Angry: A Child’s Guide to Understanding and Managing Moods,  Poppy O’Neill

An interactive workbook for parents and youngsters from the creator of the bestselling titles Don’t Worry, Be Happy: A Child’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety and You’re a Star: A Child’s Guide to Self-Esteem

Does your youngster have frequent tantrums and outbursts?

Perhaps they discover it arduous to talk about their feelings?

Do they appear to get overwhelmed by stress and anxiousness shortly?

These may all be indicators that your youngster is battling indignant moods.

This sensible information combines cognitive behavioural remedy and mindfulness strategies with easy actions to assist your youngster handle their anger and specific their emotions in wholesome methods. It’s aimed toward youngsters aged 7–11 as a result of loads occurs in these years that may impression a baby’s emotional well-being, not simply now however for years to return.

Angry Monsters: A Child’s Guide to Coping With Their Feelings, Summersdale Publishers

A vibrant and enjoyable exercise e book for 4–7-year-olds to assist youngsters really feel calm and completely happy

It’s OK to really feel the best way you are feeling!

Help your youngster tune in to their emotions and really feel calmer whereas having numerous enjoyable with the assistance of this participating exercise e book. Angry Monsters makes use of the strategies employed by youngster psychotherapists, together with mindfulness meditation and cognitive behavioural remedy (CBT), to beat tough emotions and encourage calm.

, Summersdale Publishers

A vibrant and enjoyable exercise e book for 4–7-year-olds to assist youngsters really feel calm and completely happy.

It’s OK to really feel the best way you are feeling!

Help your youngster tune in to their emotions and really feel happier whereas having numerous enjoyable with the assistance of this participating exercise e book. Happy Monsters makes use of the strategies employed by youngster psychotherapists, together with mindfulness meditation and cognitive behavioural remedy (CBT), to beat tough emotions and encourage calm.