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Recommended Book List

ADHD

For Kids

  • ADHD is our Superpower - The Amazing Talents and Skills of Children with ADHD by Soli Lazarus
  • ADHD is my Superpower by Alana Moore
  • Thriving with ADHD Workbook for Kids by Kelli Miller
  • My Busy Brain by Nicole Russell
  • A Dragon with ADHD by Steve Herman
  • Ninja Life Hacks by Mary Nhin

For Caregivers

  • The Explosive Child by Ross Greene
  • The Whole Brain Child by Seigel & Bryson
  • Lost at School by Ross Greene
  • A New Understanding of ADHD in Children and Adults by Thomas Brown

Anxiety

For Kids

  • Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival
  • Don’t Feed the Worry Bug by Andi Green
  • What to do When you Worry too Much by Dawn Huebner
  • The Anxiety Workbook for Teens by Lisa Schab
  • Perfectionism: What’s Bad About Being Too Good? Miriam Adderholdt, Jan Goldberg
  • Wilma Jean the Worry Machine by Julia Cook
  • I am Stronger Than my Anxiety by Elizabeth Cole
  • When my Worries Get Too Big by Karl Dunn Buron
  • Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
  • Jonathan James and the What if Monster by Michelle Nelson Schmidt
  • David and the Worry Beast by Anne Marie Guanci
  • Ninja Life Hacks by Mary Nhin

For Caregivers

  • Anxious Kids Anxious Parents by Reid Wilson and Lynn Lyons
  • Calming Your Anxious Child by Kathleen Trainor
  • Why Smart Kids Worry by Allison Edwards
  • Helping your Anxious Child by Ronald Rapee

Autism

For Kids

  • All My Stripes: A Story for Children with Autism by Shaina Rudolph and Danielle Royer
  • Uniquely Wired by Julia Cook
  • Neurodivergent Ninja by Mary Nhin
  • Masterpiece by Alexandra Hoffman
  • Autism and Me by Katie Cook
  • Survival Guide for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Elizabeth Verdick & Elizabeth Reeve

For Caregivers

  • The Autism Mom’s Survival Guide by Susan Senator
  • Making Peace with Autism by Susan Senator
  • Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Barry Prizant
  • Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew by Ellen Notbohm and Veronica Zysk
  • Parenting a Child with Autism by Richard Bass
  • The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida
  • Unmasking Autism by Devon Price

Body Image and Self Esteem

  • Bodies are Cool by Tyler Feder
  • The Body Image Workbook for Teens by Julia Taylor
  • Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon
  • Body Respect by Linda Bacon
  • The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
  • I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont
  • Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell
  • I am Confident, Brave and Beautiful by Hopscotch Girls
  • When I Feel Good About Myself by Cornelia Maude Spelman
  • Her Body Can by Katie Crenshaw and Ady Meschke
  • The Gril who Makes a Million Mistakes by Brenda Li
  • The Care and Keeping of You by Valorie Schaefer and Josee Masse
  • Body Happy Kids by Molly Forbes
  • I can do Hard Things by Gabi Garcia and Charity Russell
  • Mindful Affirmations and Activities by Pragya Tomar and Michela Fiori
  • Celebrate Your Body by Sonya Renee Taylor and Bianca Laureano

Depression and Sadness

  • My Feeling Better Workbook by Sarah Hamil
  • Beyond the Blues by Lisa Schab
  • When I Feel Sad by Cornelia Maude Spelman
  • A Little Spot of Feelings Book by Diane Alber
  • Me and My Feelings by Vanessa Green Allen
  • A Flicker of Hope by Julia Cook and Haley Mackenzie
  • How to Get Unstuck from the Negative Muck by Lake Sullivan
  • Ninja Life Hacks by Mary Nhin

Divorce and Remarriage

For Kids

  • All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold
  • Lovely by Jess Hong
  • We’re Different, We’re the Same by Bobbi Kates
  • The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
  • Where Are You from by Yamile Saied Mendez
  • Alma books by Juana Martinez-Neal
  • Dinosaurs Divorce by Laurie and Marc Brown

For Caregivers

  • Talking to Children About Divorce by Jean McBride

Emotion Regulation

For Kids

  • The Crayons’ Book of Feelings by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers
  • Bear Feels Scared by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
  • The Color Monster by Anna Llenas
  • Ninja Life Hacks by Mary Nhin
  • What Should Danny Do? The Power to Choose Series by Adir Levy
  • What Should Darla Do? The Power to Choose Series by Adir Levy
  • Of Course it’s a Big Deal! By Bryan Smith
  • How Full is Your Bucket? By Tom Rath
  • My Mouth is a Volcano by Julia Cook
  • The Boy with Big, Big Feelings by Britney Winn Lee
  • My Body Sends a Signal by Natalia Maguire
  • A Little Spot of Emotional Regulation by Diane Alber
  • The Self Regulation Workbook for Kids by Jenna Berman
  • The Big Feelings Book for Children by Sharon Shelby

For Caregivers

  • Tiny Humans, Big Emotions by Alyssa Blask Campbell and Lauren Stauble
  • Raising Good Humans by Hunter Clarke-Fields and Carla Naumburg
  • The Whole Brain Child by Daniel Siegel
  • No Drama Discipline by Daniel Siegel

Anger

For Kids

  • A Little Spot of Anger by Diane Alber
  • Amaya’s Anger by Gabi Garcia
  • Roaring Mad Riley by Allison Szczecinski and Dean Gray
  • Everyone Feels Angry Sometimes by Daniela Owen
  • I Am Stronger Than Anger by Elizabeth Cole
  • Anger Management Workbook for Kids by Samantha Snowden
  • When Sophie Gets Angry – Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang

For Caregivers

  • Tiny Humans, Big Emotions by Alyssa Blask Campbell and Lauren Stauble
  • Raising Good Humans by Hunter Clarke-Fields and Carla Naumburg
  • The Whole Brain Child by Daniel Siegel
  • No Drama Discipline by Daniel Siegel

Grief and Loss

  • The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
  • Here in the Garden by Briony Stewart
  • I Miss You by Pat Thomas
  • When Dinosaurs Die by Laurie Kransy Brown
  • Tear Soup by Pat Schwiebert
  • When Someone Very Special Dies by Marge Heegard
  • The Next Place by Warren Hanson
  • Something Very Sad Happened by Bonnie Zucker
  • The Memory Box by Joanna Rowland

Pregnancy and Infant Loss

  • Something Happened by Cathy Blanford
  • My Sibling Still by Megan Lacourrege
  • Our Heaven Baby by Leah Vis
  • We Were Gonna Have a Baby, but we had an Angel Instead by Pat Schwiebert
  • Someone Came Before You by Pat Schwiebert

OCD

  • The DBT Workbook for Teens by Richard Bass
  • The OCD Workbook for Teens by Jon Hershfield
  • What to do When Your Brain gets Stuck by Dawn Huebner
  • The Self Regulation Workbook for Kids by Jenna Berman

Trauma

For Kids

  • A Terrible Thing Happened by Margaret Holmes
  • Healing Days by Susan Farber Straus and Maria Bogade
  • Do you Have a Secret? By Jennifer Moore-Mallinos
  • Help Your Dragon Cope with Trauma by Steve Herman
  • The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld

For Parents

  • The Deepest Well by Nadine Burke Harris
  • The Connected Parent by Karyn Purvis
  • The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk