Difficult Topics for Kids: Anxiety and Mental Health

Sometimes we have to learn about difficult things like anxiety and mental health. This list of books can help us start the conversation.

Updated October 28, 2025
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Ruby finds a Worry
Percival, Tom
Paper Book
What do you do when a worry won't leave you alone? This beloved picture book from the Big Bright Feelings series is perfect for reassuring young readers in times of stress. Meet Ruby-a happy, curious, imaginative girl. But one day, she finds something unexpected: a Worry. It's...
The worry tiger
Page, Alexandra
Paper Book
A mindful, anti-anxiety storybook that weaves calming actions into a magical story, showing young children ways to soothe their worries. It's show-and-tell tomorrow and Rory is anxious - he doesn't have anything special to share with the class. But everything changes when Rory...
After the fall : how Humpty Dumpty got back up again : a story
Santat, Dan
Paper Book
An inspiring epilogue to the beloved nursery rhyme 'Humpty Dumpty', from the New York Times-bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of THE ADVENTURES OF BEEKLE and ARE WE THERE YET?Everyone knows that when Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. But what...

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